Which to use
“orgies” and “orgue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,504
- “orgies” frequency rank
- #11,452
- “orgue” frequency rank
- 53956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | orgies | orgue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de orgie. | Instrument de musique à vent, à clavier et à pédalier, composé de tuyaux de différentes sortes et de différentes grandeurs, alimentés d’air par des soufflets et que l’on fait résonner en appuyant sur les touches d’un ou de plusieurs claviers. |
Where the eye mixes orgies and orgue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. orgies runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against orgue's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses orgies with orgue
A purely visual mix-up. orgies (\ɔʁ.ʒi\) and orgue (\ɔʁɡ\) 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 53956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
orgies is recorded at frequency rank #42,504, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁ.ʒi\. orgue is at rank #11,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔʁɡ\.
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 53956, this pair ranks #137,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of orgies vs orgue
Shared letters: egor. Private to "orgies": is. Private to "orgue": u.
"orgies" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "orgue" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "orgies" and "orgue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "orgies" or "orgue" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "orgies" and "orgue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "orgies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "orgue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "orgies" and "orgue" 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 #137,306 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.