comble
\kɔ̃bl\
The verdict
“comble” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,166 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,166
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faîte ; couronnement d’un édifice.
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 | comble |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃bl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “comble” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for comble is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃bl\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,166 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for comble, with forms such as "ccomble", "cmoble", and "cobmle". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "come", "comme", "comte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is comble, spelled C-O-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Faîte ; couronnement d’un édifice.
- 2Partie d’un édifice sur laquelle repose immédiatement la couverture.
- 3Synonyme de toit.
- 4Point culminant ; degré le plus haut.
- 5(avec de) La situation la plus exemplaire, le paroxysme d'une idée, d'un phénomène.
- 6Chef réduit à moins de la moitié de sa hauteur ordinaire.
- 7Partie supérieure du pavillon, sommet de la couronne.
- 8Intervalle séparant les têtes d'un ouvrage de vannerie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccomble,cmoble,cobmle,combble,combel,comblle,comlbe,commble,ocmble
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of comble - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “comble”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃bl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “come” - see the side-by-side comparison. comble vs come
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.