Erbil
\ɛʁ.bil\
The verdict
“Erbil” is uncommon French (frequency #71,498 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,498
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et capitale de la région autonome du Kurdistan dans le nord de l’Irak.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erbil · Erbil · French
Erbil · rank #71,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,498
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ept
Nearest frequency peer: ept (-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 « Erbil »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entremêlés
entremêlés
28,506 corpus weight
- envy
envy
28,505 corpus weight
- ept
ept
28,504 corpus weight
- Erbil
Erbil
28,503 corpus weight
- essuient
essuient
28,502 corpus weight
- essuya
essuya
28,501 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Erbil » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erbil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.bil\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Erbil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Erbil is uncommon French at frequency #71,498 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛʁ.bil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville et capitale de la région autonome du Kurdistan dans le nord de l’Irak.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Erbil, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Erbil, spelled E-R-B-I-L.
Definition
- 1Ville et capitale de la région autonome du Kurdistan dans le nord de l’Irak.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Erbil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand Quraqosh, la capitale des chrétiens d’Irak, est tombée aux mains de l’État islamique, sa famille qui comptait plutôt des « notables » a fui à l’Est vers Erbil.
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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