comba

[ˈkumbo̞]

/[ˈkumbo̞]/ noun

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The verdict

“comba” is uncommon French (frequency #80,056 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,056
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Combe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comba · comba · French

comba · rank #80,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,056
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH colonisent

Nearest frequency peer: colonisent (-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 « comba »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « comba » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for comba
PropertyValue
Headwordcomba
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkumbo̞]
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,056
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « comba » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).combatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « colonisent » (#80,055), « COMEX » (#80,057), « collectionnait » (#80,054). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comba » est au #80,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

comba is uncommon French at frequency #80,056 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkumbo̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Combe.".

comba has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is comba, spelled C-O-M-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Combe.

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 "comba"?
"comba" is spelled C-O-M-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkumbo̞].
What does "comba" mean?
As a noun, "comba" means: Combe.
How do you pronounce "comba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comba" is [ˈkumbo̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comba" come from?
"comba" 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 "comba", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

COMEX#80,057choke#80,039coron#80,079Cazal#80,032

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list