Colomban
\kɔ.lɔ̃.bɑ̃\
The verdict
“Colomban” is uncommon French (frequency #62,874 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,874
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colomban · Colomban · French
Colomban · rank #62,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,874
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH collectiviste
Nearest frequency peer: collectiviste (-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 « Colomban »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- codeur
codeur
37,130 corpus weight
- coercitif
coercitif
37,129 corpus weight
- collectivis…
collectiviste
37,128 corpus weight
- Colomban
Colomban
37,127 corpus weight
- comices
comices
37,126 corpus weight
- commenta
commenta
37,125 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Colomban » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Colomban |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.lɔ̃.bɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Colomban » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Colomban is uncommon French at frequency #62,874 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔ.lɔ̃.bɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Colomban, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Colomban, spelled C-O-L-O-M-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
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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