herbes

\ɛʁb\

/\ɛʁb\/ noun

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The verdict

“herbes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,251
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-herbes · herbes · French

herbes · rank #8,251 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,251
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH happy

Nearest frequency peer: happy (-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 « herbes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « herbes » 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).

herbes vs here
67% similar
herbes vs héros
50% similar
herbes vs Hervé
33% similar

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

Key facts for herbes
PropertyValue
Headwordherbes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛʁb\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,251
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « herbes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.herbesse 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 « happy » (#8,250), « hill » (#8,252), « habitations » (#8,249). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « herbes » est au #8,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around herbes (IPA \ɛʁb\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,251 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de herbe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for herbes, with forms such as "ehrbes", "hebres", and "herbbes". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "here", "héros", "Hervé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 herbes, spelled H-E-R-B-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de herbe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et les lavandières, troussées comme des piqueurs d’ablettes, enjambèrent le gué jonché de cailloux, d’écume, d’herbes et de glaïeuls.
  2. Elles allaient, dardant leurs prunelles superbes, Les seins droits, le col haut, dans la sérénité Terrible de la force et de la liberté, Et posant tour à tour dans la ronce et les herbes Leurs pieds fermes et blancs avec tranquillité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehrbes
  • hebres
  • herbbes
  • herbess
  • herbse
  • herebs
  • herrbes
  • hherbes
  • hrebes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ehrbes2hebres2herbbes1herbess1herbse2herebs2herrbes1hherbes1
Edit distance from "herbes"

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list