Mirabeau

\mi.ʁa.bo\

/\mi.ʁa.bo\/ name

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The verdict

“Mirabeau” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,653
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mirabeau · Mirabeau · French

Mirabeau · rank #28,653 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,653
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mir

Nearest frequency peer: mir (-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 « Mirabeau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Mirabeau » 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).

Mirabeau vs Mirabel
75% similar

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

Key facts for Mirabeau
PropertyValue
HeadwordMirabeau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mi.ʁa.bo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,653
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mirabeau »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Mirabeause place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mir » (#28,652), « mol » (#28,654), « monoxyde » (#28,655). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mirabeau » est au #28,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Mirabeau (IPA \mi.ʁa.bo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,653 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mirabeau, with forms such as "imrabeau", "miarbeau", and "mirabaeu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Mirabel", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Mirabeau, spelled M-I-R-A-B-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département du Vaucluse.
  3. 3
    Ancien nom de la commune de Draâ Ben Khedda dans la wilaya de Tizi Ouzou en Algérie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imrabeau
  • miarbeau
  • mirabaeu
  • mirabbeau
  • mirabeua
  • miraebau
  • mirbaeau
  • mirrabeau
  • mmirabeau
  • mriabeau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mirabeau - 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.

imrabeau2miarbeau2mirabaeu2mirabbeau1mirabeua2miraebau2mirbaeau2mirrabeau1
Edit distance from "Mirabeau"

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 "Mirabeau"?
"Mirabeau" is spelled M-I-R-A-B-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.ʁa.bo\.
What does "Mirabeau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mirabeau" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
What words are commonly confused with "Mirabeau"?
"Mirabeau" is commonly confused with "Mirabel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mirabeau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mirabeau" is \mi.ʁa.bo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mirabeau" come from?
"Mirabeau" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

monoxyde#28,655medicine#28,648matrices#28,646marteaux#28,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

machette10 variantslyrics10 variantsOphélie10 variantspandore10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list