nombril

\nɔ̃.bʁil\

/\nɔ̃.bʁil\/ noun

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The verdict

“nombril” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,808
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cicatrice du cordon ombilical, placée au milieu du ventre de l’être humain et des quadrupèdes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nombril · nombril · French

nombril · rank #18,808 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,808
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nasser

Nearest frequency peer: nasser (-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 « nombril »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nombril » 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).

nombril vs nombre
71% similar
nombril vs nombres
71% similar

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

Key facts for nombril
PropertyValue
Headwordnombril
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɔ̃.bʁil\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,808
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nombril »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nombrilse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nasser » (#18,807), « notoire » (#18,809), « métis » (#18,806). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nombril » est au #18,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around nombril (IPA \nɔ̃.bʁil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,808 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for nombril, with forms such as "nmobril", "nnombril", and "nobmril". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "nombre", "nombres", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 nombril, spelled N-O-M-B-R-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cicatrice du cordon ombilical, placée au milieu du ventre de l’être humain et des quadrupèdes.
  2. 2
    Centre. → voir nombril du monde
  3. 3
    Soi-même, dans une optique égocentrique.
  4. 4
    Cavité qu’on aperçoit à la partie des fruits qui est opposée au pédoncule, et à laquelle les jardiniers donnent le nom d’œil.
  5. 5
    Emplacement du champ se trouvant à mi-chemin entre l’abîme (centre) et la pointe de l’écu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nombril appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sous le soleil qui brille, elle veut admirer... son petit nombril ! Il est beau, ce nombril, si beau qu’elle marche tête baissée pour continuer à l’admirer.
  2. Fan de son nombril, le chanteur Shawn Mendes assure être accro au crop top, ce haut coupé au milieu du ventre.

Synonyms

ombilicboudeletteboudotteboutinettecentre

This word in other languages

navel(English)ombligo(Español)Nabel(Deutsch)umbigo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nmobril
  • nnombril
  • nobmril
  • nombbril
  • nombirl
  • nombrill
  • nombrli
  • nombrril
  • nommbril
  • nomrbil
  • onmbril

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nmobril2nnombril1nobmril2nombbril1nombirl2nombrill1nombrli2nombrril1
Edit distance from "nombril"

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 "nombril"?
"nombril" is spelled N-O-M-B-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ̃.bʁil\.
What does "nombril" mean?
As a noun, "nombril" means: Cicatrice du cordon ombilical, placée au milieu du ventre de l’être humain et des quadrupèdes.
What words are commonly confused with "nombril"?
"nombril" is commonly confused with "nombre", "nombres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nombril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nombril" is \nɔ̃.bʁil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nombril" come from?
"nombril" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

notoire#18,809méritée#18,805offense#18,813morning#18,800

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

menaçait11 variantspaniquer11 variantsproduise11 variantspédales11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list