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“organismes” and “orgasmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,343
“organismes” frequency rank
#34,227
“orgasmes” frequency rank
37570
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature organismes orgasmes
Definition Pluriel de organisme. Pluriel de orgasme.

Where the eye mixes organismes and orgasmes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. organismes runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCVC) against orgasmes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
organismes
8 ch
orgasmes

Look-alike desk: organismes vs orgasmes

A purely visual mix-up. organismes (\ɔʁ.ɡa.nism\) and orgasmes (\ɔʁ.ɡasm\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organismes is recorded at frequency rank #3,343, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡa.nism\. orgasmes is at rank #34,227, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡasm\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 37570, this pair ranks #261,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of organismes vs orgasmes

Shared letters: aegmors. Private to "organismes": in. Private to "orgasmes": -.

"organismes" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC  ·  "orgasmes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • organismesogranismes · oragnismes · orgainsmes · organimses · organisems · organismess · organismmes · organismse
  • orgasmesograsmes · oragsmes · orgamses · orgasems · orgasmess · orgasmmes · orgasmse · orgassmes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "organismes" and "orgasmes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɔʁ.ɡa.nism\ versus \ɔʁ.ɡasm\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "organismes" vs "orgasmes" - which ranks higher?
"organismes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,343 in our French list, against #34,227 for "orgasmes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "organismes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "orgasmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #261,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "organismes" and "orgasmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orgasme vs orgasmes". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #261,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list