gerbes

\ʒɛʁb\

/\ʒɛʁb\/ noun

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The verdict

“gerbes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,906
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-gerbes · gerbes · French

gerbes · rank #42,906 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,906
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gentillement

Nearest frequency peer: gentillement (-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 « gerbes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gerbes » 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).

gerbes vs grès
50% similar
gerbes vs Gers
50% similar
gerbes vs gere
67% similar

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

Key facts for gerbes
PropertyValue
Headwordgerbes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛʁb\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,906
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gerbes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gerbesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gentillement » (#42,905), « Giono » (#42,907), « gazier » (#42,904). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gerbes » est au #42,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gerbes (IPA \ʒɛʁb\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,906 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gerbe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gerbes, with forms such as "egrbes", "gebres", and "gerbbes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grès", "Gers", "gere", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gerbes, spelled G-E-R-B-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gerbe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il songea aux centaines de dizeaux que les mains maintenant inertes du vieillard avaient liés en gerbes au cours de sa vie, au nombre de fois où elles avaient caressé la chevelure de sa promise ou pris la main de sa petite fille, et à tous ces menus objets de la vie courante qu’elles avaient réalisé, et qui leur survivraient.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egrbes
  • gebres
  • gerbbes
  • gerbess
  • gerbse
  • gerebs
  • gerrbes
  • ggerbes
  • grebes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egrbes2gebres2gerbbes1gerbess1gerbse2gerebs2gerrbes1ggerbes1
Edit distance from "gerbes"

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 "gerbes"?
"gerbes" is spelled G-E-R-B-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛʁb\.
What does "gerbes" mean?
As a noun, "gerbes" means: Pluriel de gerbe.
What words are commonly confused with "gerbes"?
"gerbes" is commonly confused with "grès", "Gers", "gere". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gerbes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gerbes" is \ʒɛʁb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gerbes" come from?
"gerbes" 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 "gerbes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gazier#42,904goûtez#42,911gaufre#42,900Fécamp#42,896

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Gauvain9 variantshabilles9 variantsflopée9 variantsimpasses9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list