# orifice vs orifices

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### orifice
*noun · IPA \ɔ.ʁi.fis\ · frequency rank #29,895*
Ouverture qui forme l’entrée de certaines excavations naturelles ou artificielles.

### orifices
*noun · IPA \ɔ.ʁi.fis\ · frequency rank #34,651*
Pluriel de orifice.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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