Corbières

\kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\

/\kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Corbières” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,901
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de la commune française de Corbières-en-Provence, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corbieres · Corbières · French

Corbières · rank #31,901 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,901
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Coralie

Nearest frequency peer: Coralie (-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 « Corbières »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Corbières » 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).

Corbières vs côtières
56% similar
Corbières vs corbière
78% similar
Corbières vs carrières
67% similar

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

Key facts for Corbières
PropertyValue
HeadwordCorbières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,901
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Corbières »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Corbièresse 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 « Coralie » (#31,900), « Corinthe » (#31,902), « contemple » (#31,899). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Corbières » est au #31,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Corbières (IPA \kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,901 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Corbières, with forms such as "ccorbières", "cobrières", and "corbbières". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "côtières", "corbière", "carrières", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Corbières, spelled C-O-R-B-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom de la commune française de Corbières-en-Provence, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aude.
  3. 3
    Pays, région naturelle, du département de l’Aude.
  4. 4
    Commune du canton de Fribourg en Suisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les Corbières sont parmi les régions françaises une de celles où la dépopulation est la plus avancée. Le petit village de Bugarach en est un exemple (900 habitants à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle, 350 actuellement). — (Josias Braun-Blanquet, Jean Susplugas, Reconnaissance phytogéographique dans les Corbières, Station internationale de géobotanique méditerranéenne…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorbières
  • cobrières
  • corbbières
  • corbieres
  • corbirèes
  • corbièers
  • corbièress
  • corbièrres
  • corbièrse
  • corbèires
  • coribères
  • corrbières
  • crobières
  • ocrbières

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccorbières1cobrières2corbbières1corbieres1corbirèes2corbièers2corbièress1corbièrres1
Edit distance from "Corbières"

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 "Corbières"?
"Corbières" is spelled C-O-R-B-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\.
What does "Corbières" mean?
As a proper noun, "Corbières" means: Ancien nom de la commune française de Corbières-en-Provence, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
What words are commonly confused with "Corbières"?
"Corbières" is commonly confused with "côtières", "corbière", "carrières". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Corbières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Corbières" is \kɔʁ.bjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Corbières" come from?
"Corbières" 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 "Corbières", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

contemple#31,899corridors#31,904célébrées#31,911clochette#31,890

Similar misspelling depth

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

couturière14 variantsdispersée14 variantsdisséminés14 variantscaméraman14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list