Descombes

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The verdict

“Descombes” is uncommon French (frequency #94,691 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,691
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-descombes · Descombes · French

Descombes · rank #94,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,691
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dermo

Nearest frequency peer: dermo (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Descombes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Descombes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Descombes
PropertyValue
HeadwordDescombes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,691
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Descombes » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Descombestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dermo » (#94,690), « destinant » (#94,693), « delmar » (#94,685). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Descombes » est au #94,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Descombes is uncommon French at frequency #94,691 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Descombes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Descombes, spelled D-E-S-C-O-M-B-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Parmi eux, Amélie Boissier Descombes, coordinatrice de la tribune, qui intervient dans les médias.

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 "Descombes"?
"Descombes" is spelled D-E-S-C-O-M-B-E-S.
What does "Descombes" mean?
As a proper noun, "Descombes" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Descombes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Descombes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

destinant#94,693différées#94,697distancié#94,702cytologie#94,675

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list