courbet

\kuʁ.bɛ\

/\kuʁ.bɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“courbet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,388
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande serpe dont il existe au moins six types différents de par la forme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-courbet · courbet · French

courbet · rank #27,388 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,388
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cougars

Nearest frequency peer: cougars (-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 « courbet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « courbet » 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).

courbet vs court
71% similar
courbet vs course
71% similar
courbet vs courte
71% similar

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

Key facts for courbet
PropertyValue
Headwordcourbet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kuʁ.bɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,388
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « courbet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.courbetse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cougars » (#27,387), « coutumier » (#27,389), « corte » (#27,386). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « courbet » est au #27,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around courbet (IPA \kuʁ.bɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,388 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for courbet, with forms such as "ccourbet", "corubet", and "coubret". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "court", "course", "courte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is courbet, spelled C-O-U-R-B-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande serpe dont il existe au moins six types différents de par la forme.
  2. 2
    Partie courbe du bât d’un âne ou d’un mulet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le courbet Bastogne à une lame large.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourbet
  • corubet
  • coubret
  • courbbet
  • courbett
  • courbte
  • courebt
  • courrbet
  • cuorbet
  • ocurbet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccourbet1corubet2coubret2courbbet1courbett1courbte2courebt2courrbet1
Edit distance from "courbet"

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 "courbet"?
"courbet" is spelled C-O-U-R-B-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kuʁ.bɛ\.
What does "courbet" mean?
As a noun, "courbet" means: Grande serpe dont il existe au moins six types différents de par la forme.
What words are commonly confused with "courbet"?
"courbet" is commonly confused with "court", "course", "courte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courbet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courbet" is \kuʁ.bɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courbet" come from?
"courbet" 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 "courbet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cougars#27,387Coleman#27,375coiffée#27,374chignon#27,368

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

douanier10 variantsdoucher10 variantsEnghien10 variantsboulons10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list