Bombe
\ˈbɔm.bə\
The verdict
“Bombe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,440
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Bombe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bombe · Bombe · French
Bombe · rank #3,440 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,440
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Barcelone
Nearest frequency peer: Barcelone (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Bombe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- attentat
attentat
96,563 corpus weight
- Barcelone
Barcelone
96,562 corpus weight
- Bombe
Bombe
96,561 corpus weight
- cadeaux
cadeaux
96,560 corpus weight
- cadres
cadres
96,559 corpus weight
- capables
capables
96,558 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bombe” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bombe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbɔm.bə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bombe” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Bombe (IPA \ˈbɔm.bə\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,440 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bombe, with forms such as "bbombe", "bmobe", and "bobme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boxe", "boue", "bone", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Bombe, spelled B-O-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1Bombe.
- 2Bombe, type de feu d’artifice.
- 3Roche pyroclaste éjectée lors une éruption volcanique.
- 4Crème glacée en forme de boule.
- 5Bulbe, lest de forme bombée placé sous la quille d’un voilier.
- 6Type de chapeau rond.
- 7Tir très puissant avec le ballon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bombe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ende Januar haben Radikale selbst gebastelte Bomben nahe Grenzübergängen zu China deponiert.
Der 24. Februar 2022 wird als Zäsur in die Geschichte eingehen. An diesem Tag gingen die ersten russischen Bomben auf die ukrainische Hauptstadt Kyjiw und andere Orte in der Ukraine nieder.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbombe
- bmobe
- bobme
- bombbe
- bomeb
- bommbe
- obmbe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bombe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bombe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.