alber

\ˈalbɐ\

/\ˈalbɐ\/ verb

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The verdict

“alber” is uncommon French (frequency #92,399 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,399
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de albern.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alber · alber · French

alber · rank #92,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,399
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alaise

Nearest frequency peer: alaise (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « alber »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alber » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alber
PropertyValue
Headwordalber
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈalbɐ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,399
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « alber » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.albertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « alaise » (#92,398), « alaa » (#92,397), « altri » (#92,402). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alber » est au #92,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alber is uncommon French at frequency #92,399 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈalbɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alber, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is alber, spelled A-L-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de albern.
  2. 2
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de albern.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alber"?
"alber" is spelled A-L-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈalbɐ\.
What does "alber" mean?
As a verb, "alber" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de albern.
How do you pronounce "alber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alber" is \ˈalbɐ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alber" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alber", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

altri#92,402animo#92,411annes#92,412addon#92,384

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list