Cambridge
\kɑ̃.bʁidʒ\
The verdict
“Cambridge” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #11,727 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #11,727
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville, district et cité d’Angleterre situé dans le comté du Cambridgeshire, duquel elle est le chef-lieu.
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 | Cambridge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.bʁidʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cambridge” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Cambridge is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɑ̃.bʁidʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,727 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cambridge, with forms such as "acmbridge", "cabmridge", and "cambbridge". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Cambodge", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Cambridge, spelled C-A-M-B-R-I-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1Ville, district et cité d’Angleterre situé dans le comté du Cambridgeshire, duquel elle est le chef-lieu.
- 2Université située dans la ville du même nom.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acmbridge,cabmridge,cambbridge,cambirdge,cambrdige,cambriddge,cambrideg,cambridgge,cambrigde,cambrridge,cammbridge,camrbidge,ccambridge,cmabridge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cambridge - 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.
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.
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Using “Cambridge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-M-B-R-I-D-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɑ̃.bʁidʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Cambodge” - see the side-by-side comparison. Cambridge vs Cambodge
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.