courbe
\kuʁb\
The verdict
“courbe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,745
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est ni droit, ni composé de lignes droites.
Corpus desk
Index FR-courbe · courbe · French
courbe · rank #5,745 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,745
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH corriger
Nearest frequency peer: corriger (-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 « courbe »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- considérant
considérant
94,259 corpus weight
- consommateur
consommateur
94,258 corpus weight
- corriger
corriger
94,257 corpus weight
- courbe
courbe
94,256 corpus weight
- destinées
destinées
94,255 corpus weight
- dits
dits
94,254 corpus weight
What this shows « courbe » 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 | courbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kuʁb\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « courbe »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around courbe (IPA \kuʁb\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,745 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui n’est ni droit, ni composé de lignes droites.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for courbe, with forms such as "ccourbe", "corube", and "coubre". 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, "cure", "cube", "cours", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is courbe, spelled C-O-U-R-B-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est ni droit, ni composé de lignes droites.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how courbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, je n’y ai pas trouvé, comme aux jours où tu partageais mon repas, la trace courbe de tes dents, qui rendait à ma bouche la mie aussi douce qu’un baiser, et c’est le cœur serré que je reprends les sentiers parsemés de pierres violettes.
Araser les angles ou les éventuelles parties courbes à l’aide d'un cutter à lame droite en prenant appui sur le couteau à maroufler.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccourbe
- corube
- coubre
- courbbe
- coureb
- courrbe
- cuorbe
- ocurbe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of courbe - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).