hombre

/\ɔ̃bʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,579

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

hombre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Jeu de cartes originaire d’Espagne. Pronounced \ɔ̃bʁ\. Often confused with home and homme.

Key facts for hombre
PropertyValue
Headwordhombre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ̃bʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,579
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hombre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ̃bʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,579 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for hombre, with forms such as "hhombre", "hmobre", and "hobmre". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "home", "homme", "honoré", 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 hombre, spelled H-O-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu de cartes originaire d’Espagne.
  2. 2
    Celui qui mène la partie, à ce jeu.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhombre,hmobre,hobmre,hombbre,homber,hombrre,hommbre,homrbe,ohmbre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hombre

Misspelling Variants of "hombre"

hhombre7hmobre6hobmre6hombbre7homber6hombrre7hommbre7homrbe6
Misspelling Variants of "hombre"

Frequency rank: #48,579 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hombre"?
"hombre" is spelled H-O-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ̃bʁ\.
What does "hombre" mean?
As a noun, "hombre" means: Jeu de cartes originaire d’Espagne.
What words are commonly confused with "hombre"?
"hombre" is commonly confused with "home", "homme", "honoré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hombre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hombre" is \ɔ̃bʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hombre" come from?
"hombre" 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.