Farbe
\ˈfaʁbə\
The verdict
“Farbe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-farbe · Farbe · French
Farbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Farbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfaʁbə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Farbe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfaʁbə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Farbe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Farbe, spelled F-A-R-B-E.
Definition
- 1Couleur.
- 2Robe (d’un vin).
- 3Couleur (dans un jeu de carte).
- 4Peinture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Farbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Farben haben eine hohe Brillianz.
(1932 wurde der erste Nagellack entwickelt.) Zunächst waren knallige Farben verpönt, man trug lieber ein zartes Rosa.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.