Which to use
“orgie” and “orgies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,303
- “orgie” frequency rank
- #42,504
- “orgies” frequency rank
- 65807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | orgie | orgies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fêtes de Bacchus. | Pluriel de orgie. |
Same sound, different letters: orgie vs orgies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. orgie runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against orgies's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - orgie and orgies
This is the hard kind. orgie and orgies are pronounced identically (\ɔʁ.ʒi\) 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) - “orgie” sits inside “orgies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
orgie is recorded at frequency rank #23,303, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ʒi\. orgies is at rank #42,504, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ʒi\.
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 65807, this pair ranks #70,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of orgie vs orgies
Shared letters: egior. Private to "orgie": -. Private to "orgies": s.
"orgie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "orgies" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "orgie" for "orgies" ever safe?
Which is more common, "orgie" or "orgies"?
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 "orgie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "orgies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "orgie" and "orgies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ordis vs orgies". 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 #70,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.