Cambon

\kɑ̃.bɔ̃\

/\kɑ̃.bɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Cambon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,290
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française du département du Tarn.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cambon · Cambon · French

Cambon · rank #36,290 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,290
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cannibales

Nearest frequency peer: cannibales (+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 « Cambon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Cambon » 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).

Cambon vs canon
50% similar
Cambon vs caron
50% similar
Cambon vs combo
50% similar

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

Key facts for Cambon
PropertyValue
HeadwordCambon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɑ̃.bɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,290
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cambon »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cannibales » (#36,291), « bécane » (#36,288), « capone » (#36,292). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cambon » est au #36,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Cambon (IPA \kɑ̃.bɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,290 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cambon, with forms such as "acmbon", "cabmon", and "cambbon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "canon", "caron", "combo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Cambon, spelled C-A-M-B-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française du département du Tarn.
  2. 2
    Localité du département du Gard (France), à côté de Saint-Gilles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acmbon
  • cabmon
  • cambbon
  • cambno
  • cambonn
  • cammbon
  • camobn
  • ccambon
  • cmabon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cambon - 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.

acmbon2cabmon2cambbon1cambno2cambonn1cammbon1camobn2ccambon1
Edit distance from "Cambon"

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 "Cambon"?
"Cambon" is spelled C-A-M-B-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.bɔ̃\.
What does "Cambon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cambon" means: Commune française du département du Tarn.
What words are commonly confused with "Cambon"?
"Cambon" is commonly confused with "canon", "caron", "combo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cambon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cambon" is \kɑ̃.bɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cambon" come from?
"Cambon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bécane#36,288capone#36,292boomer#36,279blazer#36,277

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Carrère9 variantsbercer9 variantsbender9 variantsArkham9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list