globe

/\ɡlɔb\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,562

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

globe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sphère, corps sphérique. Pronounced \ɡlɔb\. It ranks #5,562 in French word frequency. Often confused with gore and gode.

Key facts for globe
PropertyValue
Headwordglobe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡlɔb\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,562
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of globe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for globe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡlɔb\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,562 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for globe, with forms such as "gglobe", "glboe", and "gllobe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gore", "gode", "gone", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is globe, spelled G-L-O-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sphère, corps sphérique.
  2. 2
    Globe terrestre ; la planète Terre.
  3. 3
    Représentation cartographique sur une sphère de la Terre, d’un astre ou de l’espace céleste.
  4. 4
    Globe impérial ; boule d’or, surmontée d’une croix ou d'un autre motif emblématique, qui symbolisait l'univers et qui fut prise pour attribut par les derniers empereurs romains, puis par certains souverains.
  5. 5
    Enveloppe de verre ou de cristal, de forme plus ou moins sphérique dont on entoure le foyer d’une lampe pour en atténuer l’éclat ou certains objets comme une pendule pour les préserver de la poussière.
  6. 6
    Seins d’une femme plantureuse.
  7. 7
    Meuble particulier représentant dans les armoiries une sphère prise dans un cintre en forme de T renversé et surmontée d’une croisette. À rapprocher de monde, sphère et sphère armillaire.
  8. 8
    Meuble particulier représentant dans les armoiries un globe terrestre. Il s’agit d’une interprétation moderne.
  9. 9
    ampoule électrique

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gglobe,glboe,gllobe,globbe,gloeb,golbe,lgobe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for globe

Misspelling Variants of "globe"

gglobe6glboe5gllobe6globbe6gloeb5golbe5lgobe5
Misspelling Variants of "globe"

Frequency rank: #5,562 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "globe"?
"globe" is spelled G-L-O-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡlɔb\.
What does "globe" mean?
As a noun, "globe" means: Sphère, corps sphérique.
What words are commonly confused with "globe"?
"globe" is commonly confused with "gore", "gode", "gone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "globe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "globe" is \ɡlɔb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "globe" come from?
"globe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.