combo

\kɔ̃.bo\

/\kɔ̃.bo\/ noun

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The verdict

“combo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,110. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,110
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deux ou plusieurs appareils, fonctions, combinés en un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-combo · combo · French

combo · rank #15,110 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,110
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cohabitation

Nearest frequency peer: cohabitation (-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 « combo »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « combo » 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).

combo vs come
60% similar
combo vs como
80% similar
combo vs coms
60% similar

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

Key facts for combo
PropertyValue
Headwordcombo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.bo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,110
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « combo »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.combose 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 « cohabitation » (#15,109), « complètent » (#15,111), « Clichy » (#15,108). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « combo » est au #15,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around combo (IPA \kɔ̃.bo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,110 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Deux ou plusieurs appareils, fonctions, combinés en un.
  2. 2
    Deux ou plusieurs événements associés.
  3. 3
    Petit 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.
  4. 4
    Enchainement parfois complexe de plusieurs actions simples, en particulier pour désigner une attaque ou réussite suivie dans les jeux.
  5. 5
    Petit orchestre, petite formation de jazz.
  6. 6
    Combinaison de plusieurs choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le COMBO SMART est une nouvelle génération de scanner-détecteur de faux documents d’identité.
  2. Bac + canicule + travaux à la disqueuse + pas de rideaux = combo gagnant.

Synonyms

streak

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.

ccombo1cmobo2cobmo2combbo1commbo1comob2ocmbo2
Edit distance from "combo"

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 "combo"?
"combo" is spelled C-O-M-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.bo\.
What does "combo" mean?
As a noun, "combo" means: Deux ou plusieurs appareils, fonctions, combinés en un.
What words are commonly confused with "combo"?
"combo" is commonly confused with "come", "como", "coms". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "combo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "combo" is \kɔ̃.bo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "combo" come from?
"combo" 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 "combo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

crues#15,117atome#15,092aidée#15,081gages#15,148

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

barque7 variantsbaisses7 variantsfallut7 variantsyears7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list