nombreux
\nɔ̃.bʁø\
The verdict
“nombreux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #511. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #511
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est en grand nombre ; qui est formé d’un grand nombre d’éléments.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nombreux · nombreux · French
nombreux · rank #511 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #511
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nationale
Nearest frequency peer: nationale (-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 « nombreux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- juillet
juillet
99,493 corpus weight
- millions
millions
99,492 corpus weight
- nationale
nationale
99,491 corpus weight
- nombreux
nombreux
99,490 corpus weight
- parents
parents
99,489 corpus weight
- propre
propre
99,488 corpus weight
What this shows « nombreux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nombreux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nɔ̃.bʁø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nombreux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around nombreux (IPA \nɔ̃.bʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #511 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nombreux, with forms such as "nmobreux", "nnombreux", and "nobmreux". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "nombre", "nombres", "nombreuse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 nombreux, spelled N-O-M-B-R-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est en grand nombre ; qui est formé d’un grand nombre d’éléments.
- 2Qui est harmonieux, qui flatte l’oreille par un choix heureux et une habile disposition des mots, en parlant du style.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nombreux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le garde champêtre, armé d’un fusil que lui avait confié le maire, et suivi d’un cortège nombreux, s’avança jusqu’à dix pas du chien.
Les zoniers sont nombreux encore qui habitent des cabanes plus ou moins construites avec de vieilles boites à sardines.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nmobreux
- nnombreux
- nobmreux
- nombbreux
- nomberux
- nombreuxx
- nombrexu
- nombrreux
- nombruex
- nommbreux
- nomrbeux
- onmbreux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nombreux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).