lombes
\lɔ̃b\
The verdict
“lombes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parties musculaires, situées en arrière de l’abdomen, à droite et à gauche de la colonne vertébrale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lombes · lombes · French
lombes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lombes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ̃b\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lombes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lombes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ̃b\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parties musculaires, situées en arrière de l’abdomen, à droite et à gauche de la colonne vertébrale.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lombes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lombes, spelled L-O-M-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Parties musculaires, situées en arrière de l’abdomen, à droite et à gauche de la colonne vertébrale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lombes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vos meilleures amies sont unanimes à vanter le galbe de vos lombes, la souplesse de vos hanches et, en général, le classicisme de votre académie.
Le buste penché, l’avant-bras replié sur les lombes, il arpentait la moquette d’une enjambée soucieuse.
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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.