Let A be the local ring at a singular point p of an algebraic reduced curve. Let M (resp. Ml,..., Mh) be the maximal ideal of A (resp. of Ā). In this paper we want to classify ordinary singularities p with reduced tangent cone: Spec(G(A)). We prove that G(A) is reduced if and only if: p is an ordinary singularity, and the vector spaces span the vector space . If the points of the projectivized tangent cone Proj(G(A)) are in generic position then p is an ordinary singularity if and only if G(A) is reduced. We give an example which shows that the preceding equivalence is not true in general.