corbeaux
\kɔʁ.bo\
The verdict
“corbeaux” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,895
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de corbeau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corbeaux · corbeaux · French
corbeaux · rank #21,895 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,895
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contagion
Nearest frequency peer: contagion (-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 « corbeaux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- conforter
conforter
78,109 corpus weight
- consentir
consentir
78,108 corpus weight
- contagion
contagion
78,107 corpus weight
- corbeaux
corbeaux
78,106 corpus weight
- cosmopolite
cosmopolite
78,105 corpus weight
- cosmétique
cosmétique
78,104 corpus weight
What this shows « corbeaux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | corbeaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.bo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corbeaux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around corbeaux (IPA \kɔʁ.bo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,895 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de corbeau.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for corbeaux, with forms such as "ccorbeaux", "cobreaux", and "corbaeux". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "coteaux", "couteaux", "coraux", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is corbeaux, spelled C-O-R-B-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de corbeau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how corbeaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’aime l’épaisseur, l’humidité, le demi-jour d’une forêt vigoureuse; les chemins glissants qui se bronzent, les formes bizarres des fonges et des morilles, le ruisseau contournant la racine, les corbeaux qui bataillent sur la cime des chênes, l’impatience du pic-vert interrogeant une écorce vermoulue, et tous les cris indistincts qui éclatent dans la soli…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccorbeaux
- cobreaux
- corbaeux
- corbbeaux
- corbeauxx
- corbeaxu
- corbeuax
- corebaux
- corrbeaux
- crobeaux
- ocrbeaux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corbeaux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).