Which to use
“orgasme” and “orgasmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,323
- “orgasme” frequency rank
- #34,227
- “orgasmes” frequency rank
- 48550
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | orgasme | orgasmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | État de gonflement et d’excitation des organes. | Pluriel de orgasme. |
Same sound, different letters: orgasme vs orgasmes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. orgasme runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against orgasmes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: orgasme vs orgasmes
This is the hard kind. orgasme and orgasmes are pronounced identically (\ɔʁ.ɡasm\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “orgasme” sits inside “orgasmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
orgasme is recorded at frequency rank #14,323, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ɡasm\. 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 48550, this pair ranks #178,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of orgasme vs orgasmes
Shared letters: aegmors. Private to "orgasme": -. Private to "orgasmes": -.
"orgasme" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "orgasmes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "orgasme" for "orgasmes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "orgasme" or "orgasmes"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "orgasme" 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 #178,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "orgasme" and "orgasmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organes 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 #178,042 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.