Guilbert

\gil.bɛʁ\

/\gil.bɛʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Guilbert” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,117
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-guilbert · Guilbert · French

Guilbert · rank #49,117 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,117
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gregorio

Nearest frequency peer: Gregorio (-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 « Guilbert »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Guilbert » 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).

Guilbert vs gibert
63% similar
Guilbert vs Gilbert
88% similar
Guilbert vs Guibert
88% similar

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

Key facts for Guilbert
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuilbert
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\gil.bɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#49,117
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Guilbert »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Guilbertse 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 « Gregorio » (#49,116), « gulliver » (#49,118), « goélette » (#49,115). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Guilbert » est au #49,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Guilbert (IPA \gil.bɛʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,117 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guilbert, with forms such as "gguilbert", "giulbert", and "guiblert". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gibert", "Gilbert", "Guibert", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct French form is Guilbert, spelled G-U-I-L-B-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On y admire des Besnard remarquables ; une Yvette Guilbert très dame, très comme il faut, très visite, de Blanche ; un charmant portrait par Doucet, de la fillette de notre confrère Meurville, et des Chéret qui feu-d'artificent par-dessus les moulins.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gguilbert
  • giulbert
  • guiblert
  • guilbbert
  • guilberrt
  • guilbertt
  • guilbetr
  • guilbret
  • guilebrt
  • guillbert
  • gulibert
  • ugilbert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guilbert - 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.

gguilbert1giulbert2guiblert2guilbbert1guilberrt1guilbertt1guilbetr2guilbret2
Edit distance from "Guilbert"

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 "Guilbert"?
"Guilbert" is spelled G-U-I-L-B-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \gil.bɛʁ\.
What does "Guilbert" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guilbert" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Guilbert"?
"Guilbert" is commonly confused with "gibert", "Gilbert", "Guibert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Guilbert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guilbert" is \gil.bɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guilbert" come from?
"Guilbert" 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 "Guilbert", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list