kebbé
\kɛ(b).be\
The verdict
“kebbé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plat de la cuisine orientale, se présentant sous forme de boulettes composées de viande et de boulgour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kebbe · kebbé · French
kebbé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kebbé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ(b).be\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kebbé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kebbé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛ(b).be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plat de la cuisine orientale, se présentant sous forme de boulettes composées de viande et de boulgour.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kebbé, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is kebbé, spelled K-E-B-B-É.
Definition
- 1Plat de la cuisine orientale, se présentant sous forme de boulettes composées de viande et de boulgour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kebbé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils se mesuraient ainsi, […] à qui engloutirait à lui seul […] un plateau entier de kebbé, un plateau large comme des bras ouverts.
Wood mentionne un cou d’agneau farci, et fait l’éloge d’un « kebbé à la bergamote », ce qui résulte très certainement d’une confusion, car s’il existe bien une viande pilée aux oranges amères, la bergamote est inconnue dans la cuisine de la Montagne.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.