orgievsormeWhich spelling fits?

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

#23,303
“orgie” frequency rank
#34,228
“orme” frequency rank
57531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature orgie orme
Definition Fêtes de Bacchus. Genre de grands arbres à feuilles caduques, simples, doublement dentées, et aux fruits en samares.

Where the eye mixes orgie and orme

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
orgie
4 ch
orme

Look-alike desk: orgie vs orme

A purely visual mix-up. orgie (\ɔʁ.ʒi\) and orme (\ɔʁm\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57531, 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\. orme is at rank #34,228, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁm\.

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 57531, this pair ranks #114,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of orgie vs orme

Shared letters: eor. Private to "orgie": gi. Private to "orme": m.

"orgie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV  ·  "orme" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • orgieogrie · orgei · orggie · orige · orrgie · rogie
  • ormeorem · ormme · orrme

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "orgie" for "orme" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɔʁ.ʒi\ versus \ɔʁm\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "orgie" or "orme"?
"orgie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,303 in our French list, against #34,228 for "orme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "orgie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "orme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "orgie" and "orme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oim vs orme". 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 #114,493 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