ombilical

\ɔ̃.bi.li.kal\

/\ɔ̃.bi.li.kal\/ adj

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The verdict

“ombilical” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,430
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au nombril.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ombilical · ombilical · French

ombilical · rank #41,430 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,430
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH officieuse

Nearest frequency peer: officieuse (-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 « ombilical »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ombilical » 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
Key facts for ombilical
PropertyValue
Headwordombilical
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ̃.bi.li.kal\
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,430
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ombilical »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « officieuse » (#41,429), « opiacés » (#41,431), « octavia » (#41,428). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ombilical » est au #41,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ombilical (IPA \ɔ̃.bi.li.kal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,430 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif au nombril.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ombilical, with forms such as "mobilical", "obmilical", and "ombbilical". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented 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 ombilical, spelled O-M-B-I-L-I-C-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au nombril.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'abdomen est très ample, d'aspect batracien. Il n'y a pas d’hernie ombilicale. La cavité péritonéale ne contient aucun épanchement.
  2. Région ombilicale. — Vaisseaux ombilicaux.

This word in other languages

umbilical(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mobilical
  • obmilical
  • ombbilical
  • ombiilcal
  • ombilcial
  • ombiliacl
  • ombilicall
  • ombiliccal
  • ombilicla
  • ombillical
  • ombliical
  • omiblical
  • ommbilical

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ombilical - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mobilical2obmilical2ombbilical1ombiilcal2ombilcial2ombiliacl2ombilicall1ombiliccal1
Edit distance from "ombilical"

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 "ombilical"?
"ombilical" is spelled O-M-B-I-L-I-C-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ̃.bi.li.kal\.
What does "ombilical" mean?
As an adjective, "ombilical" means: Relatif au nombril.
What are common misspellings of "ombilical"?
Common misspellings include "mobilical", "obmilical", "ombbilical", "ombiilcal", "ombilcial". The correct spelling is "ombilical".
How do you pronounce "ombilical"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ombilical" is \ɔ̃.bi.li.kal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ombilical" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

oublierais13 variantspeupliers13 variantsmandarine13 variantsravageurs13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list