célébrer
\se.le.bʁe\
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
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Louer avec éclat ; publier avec éloge.
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 | célébrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \se.le.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “célébrer” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around célébrer (IPA \se.le.bʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,179 among 257,141 “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
- 1Louer avec éclat ; publier avec éloge.
- 2Marquer un évènement ou le retour périodique d’un évènement d’un certain éclat, d’une certaine pompe.
- 3Accomplir les rites ou les cérémonies d’un culte.
- 4Faire la fête.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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 “célébrer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-É-L-É-B-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \se.le.bʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “célébrés” - see the side-by-side comparison. célébrer vs célébrés
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.