combo
\kɔ̃.bo\
The verdict
“combo” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,110 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,110
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deux ou plusieurs appareils, fonctions, combinés en un.
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 | combo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.bo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “combo” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for combo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.bo\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,110 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for combo, with forms such as "ccombo", "cmobo", and "cobmo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "come", "como", "coms", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is combo, spelled C-O-M-B-O.
Definition
- 1Deux ou plusieurs appareils, fonctions, combinés en un.
- 2Deux ou plusieurs événements associés.
- 3Petit enregistreur (à bande ou disque dur) diffusant l'image et le son issu de la prise tournée via la reprise vidéo de la caméra principale.
- 4Enchainement parfois complexe de plusieurs actions simples, en particulier pour désigner une attaque ou réussite suivie dans les jeux.
- 5Petit orchestre, petite formation de jazz.
- 6Combinaison de plusieurs choses.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccombo,cmobo,cobmo,combbo,commbo,comob,ocmbo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “combo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.bo\ (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. combo 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.