gerbe

\ʒɛʁb\

/\ʒɛʁb\/ noun

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The verdict

“gerbe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,741. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,741
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Botte de céréales, où les épis sont disposés d’un même côté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gerbe · gerbe · French

gerbe · rank #20,741 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,741
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gauchiste

Nearest frequency peer: gauchiste (-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 « gerbe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gerbe » 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).

gerbe vs gré
40% similar
gerbe vs grue
60% similar
gerbe vs gore
60% similar

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

Key facts for gerbe
PropertyValue
Headwordgerbe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛʁb\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,741
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gerbe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gerbese 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 « gauchiste » (#20,740), « gerber » (#20,742), « garantissant » (#20,738). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gerbe » est au #20,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gerbe (IPA \ʒɛʁb\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,741 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gerbe, with forms such as "egrbe", "gebre", and "gerbbe". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gré", "grue", "gore", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 gerbe, spelled G-E-R-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Botte de céréales, où les épis sont disposés d’un même côté.
  2. 2
    Faisceau, bouquet.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de choses ; collection.
  4. 4
    Expulsion de gaz évoquant la forme d'une gerbe.
  5. 5
    Recueil de morceaux de littérature, de pensées.
  6. 6
    Dîme sur les moissons, prélevée sous l’Ancien Régime.
  7. 7
    Envie de vomir ; Vomi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Près de la porte, contre le mur, une fourche se dressait, une de ces fourches d’acier aux longues dents puissantes et fines qui se plantent dans les gerbes de blé comme des canines de chat dans un ventre de souris.
  2. Il soulevait les gerbes et les ameulonnait en dizeaux tous les quarante pas. Les épis cariés, atteints de bruine et de charbon laissaient échapper une poudre noire quand il les secouait.

Synonyms

assemblagefuséegeysergirandolejavellepanacheréunion

This word in other languages

sheaf(English)gavilla(Español)Garbe(Deutsch)vômito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egrbe
  • gebre
  • gerbbe
  • gereb
  • gerrbe
  • ggerbe
  • grebe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gerbe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

egrbe2gebre2gerbbe1gereb2gerrbe1ggerbe1grebe2
Edit distance from "gerbe"

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 "gerbe"?
"gerbe" is spelled G-E-R-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛʁb\.
What does "gerbe" mean?
As a noun, "gerbe" means: Botte de céréales, où les épis sont disposés d’un même côté.
What words are commonly confused with "gerbe"?
"gerbe" is commonly confused with "gré", "grue", "gore". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gerbe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gerbe" is \ʒɛʁb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gerbe" come from?
"gerbe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hulot#20,755Favre#20,721lilas#20,776duels#20,702

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list