morbier
\mɔʁ.bje\
The verdict
“morbier” is uncommon French (frequency #97,178 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,178
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fromage de lait de vache entier à pâte pressée, fabriqué dans le Jura français, présentant en son milieu une raie bleutée réalisée par enduction de charbon végétal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-morbier · morbier · French
morbier · rank #97,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,178
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Moraves
Nearest frequency peer: Moraves (-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 « morbier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Moncontour
Moncontour
2,826 corpus weight
- Moraves
Moraves
2,824 corpus weight
- morbier
morbier
2,823 corpus weight
- Morland
Morland
2,822 corpus weight
- morphèmes
morphèmes
2,821 corpus weight
- mortifiée
mortifiée
2,819 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « morbier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morbier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔʁ.bje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « morbier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
morbier is uncommon French at frequency #97,178 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔʁ.bje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for morbier, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is morbier, spelled M-O-R-B-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fromage de lait de vache entier à pâte pressée, fabriqué dans le Jura français, présentant en son milieu une raie bleutée réalisée par enduction de charbon végétal.
- 2Horloge comtoise fabriquée initialement à Morbier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how morbier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du morbier gratiné avec des oignons sur du pain mouillé de vin blanc est un régal.
Mais le père était mort, et le grand morbier continuait à marteler ses coups dans sa boîte.
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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