humbles

\œ̃bl\

/\œ̃bl\/ adj

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The verdict

“humbles” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,041
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-humbles · humbles · French

humbles · rank #26,041 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,041
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hou

Nearest frequency peer: hou (-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 « humbles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « humbles » 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).

humbles vs humides
71% similar
humbles vs humble
86% similar

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

Key facts for humbles
PropertyValue
Headwordhumbles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\œ̃bl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,041
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « humbles »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).humblesse 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 « hou » (#26,040), « hébreux » (#26,042), « historia » (#26,039). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « humbles » est au #26,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around humbles (IPA \œ̃bl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,041 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de humble.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for humbles, with forms such as "hhumbles", "hmubles", and "hubmles". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "humides", "humble", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is humbles, spelled H-U-M-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de humble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les jours de la nouvelle épouse se mirent à couler, uniformes, pareils aux humbles flots ternis qui se succèdent et se confondent dans le lit morne du canal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhumbles
  • hmubles
  • hubmles
  • humbbles
  • humbels
  • humbless
  • humblles
  • humblse
  • humlbes
  • hummbles
  • uhmbles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hhumbles1hmubles2hubmles2humbbles1humbels2humbless1humblles1humblse2
Edit distance from "humbles"

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 "humbles"?
"humbles" is spelled H-U-M-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \œ̃bl\.
What does "humbles" mean?
As an adjective, "humbles" means: Pluriel de humble.
What words are commonly confused with "humbles"?
"humbles" is commonly confused with "humides", "humble". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "humbles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humbles" is \œ̃bl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humbles" come from?
"humbles" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "humbles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hébreux#26,042immoral#26,048inculte#26,052infirme#26,053

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

historia11 variantsinaugurer11 variantsinfusion11 variantsféroces11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list