comble

\kɔ̃bl\

/\kɔ̃bl\/ noun

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The verdict

“comble” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,166
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faîte ; couronnement d’un édifice.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comble · comble · French

comble · rank #7,166 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,166
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cloud

Nearest frequency peer: cloud (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « comble »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « comble » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

comble vs come
67% similar
comble vs comme
67% similar
comble vs comte
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for comble
PropertyValue
Headwordcomble
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃bl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,166
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « comble »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).comblese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cloud » (#7,165), « commenter » (#7,167), « clause » (#7,164). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « comble » est au #7,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around comble (IPA \kɔ̃bl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,166 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Faîte ; couronnement d’un édifice.
  2. 2
    Partie d’un édifice sur laquelle repose immédiatement la couverture.
  3. 3
    Synonyme de toit.
  4. 4
    Point culminant ; degré le plus haut.
  5. 5
    (avec de) La situation la plus exemplaire, le paroxysme d'une idée, d'un phénomène.
  6. 6
    Chef réduit à moins de la moitié de sa hauteur ordinaire.
  7. 7
    Partie supérieure du pavillon, sommet de la couronne.
  8. 8
    Intervalle séparant les têtes d'un ouvrage de vannerie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how comble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La cigogne blanche s’établit sur les combles des édifices.
  2. Un second rang de moises, posé en L à 1m,80 du premier rang, formait l’enrayure des arbalétriers M du comble.

Synonyms

cimefaîtesommet

This word in other languages

peak(English)desván(Español)

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.

ccomble1cmoble2cobmle2combble1combel2comblle1comlbe2commble1
Edit distance from "comble"

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 "comble"?
"comble" is spelled C-O-M-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃bl\.
What does "comble" mean?
As a noun, "comble" means: Faîte ; couronnement d’un édifice.
What words are commonly confused with "comble"?
"comble" is commonly confused with "come", "comme", "comte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comble"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comble" is \kɔ̃bl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comble" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "comble", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

clause#7,164Chirac#7,163chants#7,161gérant#7,191

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Cousine9 variantsautobus9 variantsassocier9 variantsanimale9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list