imberbes
\ɛ̃.bɛʁb\
The verdict
“imberbes” is uncommon French (frequency #92,849 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,849
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de imberbe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-imberbes · imberbes · French
imberbes · rank #92,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,849
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH imaginions
Nearest frequency peer: imaginions (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « imberbes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- illuminera
illuminera
7,155 corpus weight
- imaginions
imaginions
7,153 corpus weight
- imberbes
imberbes
7,152 corpus weight
- immagine
immagine
7,150 corpus weight
- immortalisés
immortalisés
7,149 corpus weight
- incentive
incentive
7,147 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « imberbes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imberbes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.bɛʁb\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « imberbes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
imberbes is uncommon French at frequency #92,849 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.bɛʁb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de imberbe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for imberbes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 imberbes, spelled I-M-B-E-R-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de imberbe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how imberbes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mutation accélérée par le choix des conjoints, les imberbes étant les plus convoités car paraissant en meilleure santé.
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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