colombes

/\kɔ.lɔ̃b\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,436

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

colombes is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de colombe. Pronounced \kɔ.lɔ̃b\. Often confused with combes and colorés.

Key facts for colombes
PropertyValue
Headwordcolombes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lɔ̃b\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,436
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of colombes in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for colombes is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.lɔ̃b\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,436 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de colombe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for colombes, with forms such as "ccolombes", "cloombes", and "collombes". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "combes", "colorés", "colombo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is colombes, spelled C-O-L-O-M-B-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de colombe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccolombes,cloombes,collombes,colmobes,colobmes,colombbes,colombess,colombse,colomebs,colommbes,coolmbes,oclombes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for colombes

Misspelling Variants of "colombes"

ccolombes9cloombes8collombes9colmobes8colobmes8colombbes9colombess9colombse8
Misspelling Variants of "colombes"

Frequency rank: #18,436 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colombes"?
"colombes" is spelled C-O-L-O-M-B-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɔ̃b\.
What does "colombes" mean?
As a noun, "colombes" means: Pluriel de colombe.
What words are commonly confused with "colombes"?
"colombes" is commonly confused with "combes", "colorés", "colombo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colombes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colombes" is \kɔ.lɔ̃b\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colombes" come from?
"colombes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.