concombre

\kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\

/\kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“concombre” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,808
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante potagère de la famille des cucurbitacées qui produit des fruits allongés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concombre · concombre · French

concombre · rank #23,808 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,808
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commémorer

Nearest frequency peer: commémorer (-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 « concombre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « concombre » 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).

concombre vs concombres
90% similar

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

Key facts for concombre
PropertyValue
Headwordconcombre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,808
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concombre »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « commémorer » (#23,807), « confidence » (#23,809), « commons » (#23,806). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concombre » est au #23,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around concombre (IPA \kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,808 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for concombre, with forms such as "cconcombre", "cnocombre", and "cocnombre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "concombres", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is concombre, spelled C-O-N-C-O-M-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante potagère de la famille des cucurbitacées qui produit des fruits allongés.
  2. 2
    Fruit de cette plante, utilisé comme légume.
  3. 3
    Idiot, imbécile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La durée germinative des graines de Concombre est de cinq ans.
  2. Le propriétaire, un bon flamand rond, l’admirait du milieu d’une couche de concombres parmi lesquels sa grosse figure s’épanouissait.

This word in other languages

cucumber(English)pepino(Español)Gurke(Deutsch)pepineiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconcombre
  • cnocombre
  • cocnombre
  • conccombre
  • concmobre
  • concobmre
  • concombbre
  • concomber
  • concombrre
  • concommbre
  • concomrbe
  • conncombre
  • conocmbre
  • ocncombre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concombre - 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.

cconcombre1cnocombre2cocnombre2conccombre1concmobre2concobmre2concombbre1concomber2
Edit distance from "concombre"

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 "concombre"?
"concombre" is spelled C-O-N-C-O-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\.
What does "concombre" mean?
As a noun, "concombre" means: Plante potagère de la famille des cucurbitacées qui produit des fruits allongés.
What words are commonly confused with "concombre"?
"concombre" is commonly confused with "concombres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "concombre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concombre" is \kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "concombre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colossale#23,805coiffeuse#23,802corrompre#23,814corrompue#23,815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

commémorer14 variantscolombienne14 variantsCléopâtre14 variantsbranchés14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list