catacombes
\ka.ta.kɔ̃b\
The verdict
“catacombes” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,686
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de catacombe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-catacombes · catacombes · French
catacombes · rank #29,686 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,686
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cartulaire
Nearest frequency peer: cartulaire (-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 « catacombes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- campo
campo
70,318 corpus weight
- capuchon
capuchon
70,317 corpus weight
- cartulaire
cartulaire
70,316 corpus weight
- catacombes
catacombes
70,315 corpus weight
- censurée
censurée
70,314 corpus weight
- certifier
certifier
70,313 corpus weight
What this shows « catacombes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catacombes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ta.kɔ̃b\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « catacombes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around catacombes (IPA \ka.ta.kɔ̃b\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,686 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de catacombe.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for catacombes, with forms such as "actacombes", "caatcombes", and "cataccombes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 catacombes, spelled C-A-T-A-C-O-M-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de catacombe.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- actacombes
- caatcombes
- cataccombes
- catacmobes
- catacobmes
- catacombbes
- catacombess
- catacombse
- catacomebs
- catacommbes
- cataocmbes
- catcaombes
- cattacombes
- ccatacombes
- ctaacombes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of catacombes - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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