bombarde

\bɔ̃.baʁd\

/\bɔ̃.baʁd\/ noun

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The verdict

“bombarde” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,646. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,646
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Navire qui servait autrefois à porter des mortiers et lancer des bombes

Corpus desk

Index FR-bombarde · bombarde · French

bombarde · rank #26,646 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,646
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH BL

Nearest frequency peer: BL (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bombarde »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bombarde » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bombarde vs Bompard
63% similar
bombarde vs bombarder
89% similar
bombarde vs bombardée
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bombarde
PropertyValue
Headwordbombarde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ̃.baʁd\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,646
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bombarde »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bombardese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « BL » (#26,645), « boots » (#26,647), « Billie » (#26,644). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bombarde » est au #26,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around bombarde (IPA \bɔ̃.baʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,646 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bombarde, with forms such as "bbombarde", "bmobarde", and "bobmarde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Bompard", "bombarder", "bombardée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bombarde, spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Navire qui servait autrefois à porter des mortiers et lancer des bombes
  2. 2
    Jeu d’orgue qui ne diffère du jeu de trompette que parce qu’il sonne l’octave au-dessous.
  3. 3
    Machine de guerre dont on se servait pour lancer de grosses pierres. Après l’invention de la poudre, ce nom fut appliqué à quelques-unes des premières pièces d’artillerie.
  4. 4
    Instrument de musique de Bretagne, à anche double, de la famille du hautbois.
  5. 5
    Nom moderne du hautbois renaissance.
  6. 6
    Guimbarde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bombarde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Certaines bombardes étaient utilisées pour des expéditions polaires périlleuses, car leurs coques robustes résistaient à la glace.
  2. Paradoxalement les vibrations produites par les bruits à basse fréquence – telle jadis la bombarde des orgues – propres à l’orchestre symphonique et à la musique « techno » à amplificateurs ont fait basculer une part de l’audition dans la douleur.

This word in other languages

bombard(English)bombarda(Español)Donnerbüchse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbombarde
  • bmobarde
  • bobmarde
  • bomabrde
  • bombadre
  • bombardde
  • bombared
  • bombarrde
  • bombbarde
  • bombrade
  • bommbarde
  • obmbarde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bombarde - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbombarde1bmobarde2bobmarde2bomabrde2bombadre2bombardde1bombared2bombarrde1
Edit distance from "bombarde"

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 "bombarde"?
"bombarde" is spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃.baʁd\.
What does "bombarde" mean?
As a noun, "bombarde" means: Navire qui servait autrefois à porter des mortiers et lancer des bombes
What words are commonly confused with "bombarde"?
"bombarde" is commonly confused with "Bompard", "bombarder", "bombardée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bombarde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bombarde" is \bɔ̃.baʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bombarde" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brassage#26,648broderie#26,650caissier#26,653banalité#26,633

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

brochette12 variantscalorique12 variantsCassandra12 variantsCassandre12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list