corbière

\kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\

/\kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“corbière” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,200. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,200
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné à certaines parties du littoral des îles Normandes de la Manche et de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

corbière vs côtière
63% similar
corbière vs cormier
63% similar
corbière vs cordier
63% similar

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

Key facts for corbière
PropertyValue
Headwordcorbière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,200
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “corbière” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). corbière lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around corbière (IPA \kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,200 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom donné à certaines parties du littoral des îles Normandes de la Manche et de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for corbière, with forms such as "ccorbière", "cobrière", and "corbbière". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "côtière", "cormier", "cordier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is corbière, spelled C-O-R-B-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné à certaines parties du littoral des îles Normandes de la Manche et de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorbière
  • cobrière
  • corbbière
  • corbiere
  • corbirèe
  • corbièer
  • corbièrre
  • corbèire
  • coribère
  • corrbière
  • crobière
  • ocrbière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corbière - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccorbière1cobrière2corbbière1corbiere1corbirèe2corbièer2corbièrre1corbèire2
Edit distance from "corbière"

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 "corbière"?
"corbière" is spelled C-O-R-B-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\.
What does "corbière" mean?
As a noun, "corbière" means: Nom donné à certaines parties du littoral des îles Normandes de la Manche et de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel.
What words are commonly confused with "corbière"?
"corbière" is commonly confused with "côtière", "cormier", "cordier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corbière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corbière" is \kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corbière" come from?
"corbière" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “corbière”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-R-B-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “côtière” - see the side-by-side comparison. corbière vs côtière
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list