colombages
\kɔ.lɔ̃.baʒ\
The verdict
“colombages” is uncommon French (frequency #60,652 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,652
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de colombage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colombages · colombages · French
colombages · rank #60,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,652
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH collette
Nearest frequency peer: collette (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « colombages »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- CMI
CMI
39,352 corpus weight
- collectors
collectors
39,351 corpus weight
- collette
collette
39,350 corpus weight
- colombages
colombages
39,349 corpus weight
- colonialist…
colonialistes
39,348 corpus weight
- colorectal
colorectal
39,347 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « colombages » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colombages |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.lɔ̃.baʒ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « colombages » en français
Rare enough to double-check
colombages is uncommon French at frequency #60,652 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.lɔ̃.baʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de colombage.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for colombages in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is colombages, spelled C-O-L-O-M-B-A-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de colombage.
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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