célébrer

\se.le.bʁe\

/\se.le.bʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“célébrer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,179
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Louer avec éclat ; publier avec éloge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-celebrer · célébrer · French

célébrer · rank #6,179 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,179
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH couler

Nearest frequency peer: couler (-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 « célébrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « célébrer » 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).

célébrer vs célébrés
75% similar
célébrer vs célèbre
75% similar
célébrer vs célébrée
75% similar

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

Key facts for célébrer
PropertyValue
Headwordcélébrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.le.bʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,179
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « célébrer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).célébrerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « couler » (#6,178), « Danemark » (#6,180), « considèrent » (#6,177). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « célébrer » est au #6,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around célébrer (IPA \se.le.bʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,179 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for célébrer, with forms such as "ccélébrer", "celebrer", and "cléébrer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "célébrés", "célèbre", "célébrée", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is célébrer, spelled C-É-L-É-B-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Louer avec éclat ; publier avec éloge.
  2. 2
    Marquer un évènement ou le retour périodique d’un évènement d’un certain éclat, d’une certaine pompe.
  3. 3
    Accomplir les rites ou les cérémonies d’un culte.
  4. 4
    Faire la fête.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how célébrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La bouche grasse, les pommettes rouges, les yeux injectés de bourgogne, Guillaume-Adolphe Porcellet célébra la grève, la sainte grève!... Avec une rare éloquence, il parla des exploiteurs de peuples, des affameurs de pauvres.
  2. Les flûtes, l’une après l’autre, inventent et modulent de gracieuses variations, comme pour célébrer joyeusement la virtuosité du vainqueur.

Synonyms

exaltersolenniser

This word in other languages

celebrate(English)celebrar(Español)zelebrieren(Deutsch)celebrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccélébrer
  • celebrer
  • cléébrer
  • célbérer
  • céllébrer
  • célébbrer
  • céléberr
  • célébrerr
  • célébrre
  • célébrrer
  • célérber
  • céélbrer
  • éclébrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccélébrer1celebrer2cléébrer2célbérer2céllébrer1célébbrer1céléberr2célébrerr1
Edit distance from "célébrer"

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 "célébrer"?
"célébrer" is spelled C-É-L-É-B-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \se.le.bʁe\.
What does "célébrer" mean?
As a verb, "célébrer" means: Louer avec éclat ; publier avec éloge.
What words are commonly confused with "célébrer"?
"célébrer" is commonly confused with "célébrés", "célèbre", "célébrée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "célébrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "célébrer" is \se.le.bʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "célébrer" come from?
"célébrer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Danemark#6,180diffuser#6,183arrivant#6,167fichiers#6,192

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

divisions13 variantsignorance13 variantsinfection13 variantsVancouver13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list