ombelles
\ɔ̃.bɛl\
The verdict
“ombelles” is uncommon French (frequency #97,232 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,232
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ombelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ombelles · ombelles · French
ombelles · rank #97,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,232
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oliphant
Nearest frequency peer: oliphant (-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 « ombelles »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oficial
oficial
2,772 corpus weight
- Oldenburg
Oldenburg
2,771 corpus weight
- oliphant
oliphant
2,770 corpus weight
- ombelles
ombelles
2,769 corpus weight
- orbitaire
orbitaire
2,768 corpus weight
- orca
orca
2,767 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ombelles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ombelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ̃.bɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ombelles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ombelles is uncommon French at frequency #97,232 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ̃.bɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ombelle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ombelles in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ombelles, spelled O-M-B-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ombelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ombelles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les ombelles sont généralement munies à leur base d’un involucre formé de bractées.
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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