iceberg
\is.bɛʁɡ\
The verdict
“iceberg” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,163. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,163
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bloc de glace d’eau douce, détaché du front des glaciers polaires ou d’une barrière flottante, dérivant sur l’océan en fondant peu à peu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iceberg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \is.bɛʁɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “iceberg” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around iceberg (IPA \is.bɛʁɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,163 among 142,603 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bloc de glace d’eau douce, détaché du front des glaciers polaires ou d’une barrière flottante, dérivant sur l’océan en fondant peu à peu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for iceberg, with forms such as "cieberg", "icbeerg", and "icceberg". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is iceberg, spelled I-C-E-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1Bloc de glace d’eau douce, détaché du front des glaciers polaires ou d’une barrière flottante, dérivant sur l’océan en fondant peu à peu.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cieberg
- icbeerg
- icceberg
- icebberg
- icebegr
- icebergg
- iceberrg
- icebreg
- iceebrg
- iecberg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iceberg - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “iceberg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-C-E-B-E-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \is.bɛʁɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.