célèbre
\se.lɛbʁ\
The verdict
“célèbre” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,516. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,516
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est très connu par une population et ses médias.
Corpus desk
Index FR-celebre · célèbre · French
célèbre · rank #1,516 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,516
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH croissance
Nearest frequency peer: croissance (-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 “célèbre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- conscience
conscience
98,488 corpus weight
- content
content
98,487 corpus weight
- croissance
croissance
98,486 corpus weight
- célèbre
célèbre
98,485 corpus weight
- davantage
davantage
98,484 corpus weight
- distance
distance
98,483 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “célèbre” 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 | célèbre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.lɛbʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “célèbre” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around célèbre (IPA \se.lɛbʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,516 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for célèbre, with forms such as "ccélèbre", "celebre", and "cléèbre". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "colère", "céleri", "céleste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is célèbre, spelled C-É-L-È-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est très connu par une population et ses médias.
- 2Qui est fameux ou renommé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how célèbre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qui n'a même reconnu un vestige des anciens cultes païens dans ces libations faites à des fontaines sacrées que leurs propriétés curatives ont rendues célèbres ?
Le système de Buffon sera surtout repris par le plus grand hippiatre de l'époque, le fondateur de la science vétérinaire, l’écuyer le plus célèbre de son temps : Claude Bourgelat.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccélèbre
- celebre
- cléèbre
- célbère
- céllèbre
- célèbbre
- célèber
- célèbrre
- célèrbe
- céèlbre
- éclèbre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of célèbre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "célèbre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "célèbre". Here's where to go from here.
- "célèbre" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "colère". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,516 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.