Forbach

\fɔʁ.bak\

/\fɔʁ.bak\/ name

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The verdict

“Forbach” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,276
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Moselle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forbach · Forbach · French

Forbach · rank #40,276 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,276
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fluorure

Nearest frequency peer: fluorure (-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 « Forbach »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Forbach » 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
Key facts for Forbach
PropertyValue
HeadwordForbach
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fɔʁ.bak\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,276
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Forbach »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Forbachse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fluorure » (#40,275), « Fortier » (#40,277), « flatteuse » (#40,274). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Forbach » est au #40,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Forbach (IPA \fɔʁ.bak\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,276 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Forbach, with forms such as "fforbach", "fobrach", and "forabch". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Forbach, spelled F-O-R-B-A-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Moselle.
  2. 2
    Commune d’Allemagne, située dans le Bade-Wurtemberg.
  3. 3
    Canton français, situé dans le département de la Moselle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En déplacement à Forbach, dans une école primaire, Emmanuel Macron s’est énervé au micro de France 2.
  2. Il y a un quart d’heure de Gausbach à Forbach. Un beau pont, d’une seule arche artistement suspendue, conduit au village dont l’église paroissiale est très-belle.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforbach
  • fobrach
  • forabch
  • forbacch
  • forbachh
  • forbahc
  • forbbach
  • forbcah
  • forrbach
  • frobach
  • ofrbach

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fforbach1fobrach2forabch2forbacch1forbachh1forbahc2forbbach1forbcah2
Edit distance from "Forbach"

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 "Forbach"?
"Forbach" is spelled F-O-R-B-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.bak\.
What does "Forbach" mean?
As a proper noun, "Forbach" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Moselle.
What are common misspellings of "Forbach"?
Common misspellings include "fforbach", "fobrach", "forabch", "forbacch", "forbachh". The correct spelling is "Forbach".
How do you pronounce "Forbach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Forbach" is \fɔʁ.bak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Forbach" come from?
"Forbach" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Fortier#40,277flaques#40,273fautive#40,269fâchent#40,284

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

fluorure11 variantsflatteuse11 variantsgaullisme11 variantsEurostat11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list