orbes
\ɔʁb\
The verdict
“orbes” is uncommon French (frequency #59,502 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,502
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de orbe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orbes · orbes · French
orbes · rank #59,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,502
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oratorio
Nearest frequency peer: oratorio (-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 « orbes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oppressante
oppressante
40,502 corpus weight
- opta
opta
40,501 corpus weight
- oratorio
oratorio
40,500 corpus weight
- orbes
orbes
40,499 corpus weight
- orc
orc
40,498 corpus weight
- orgueilleuse
orgueilleuse
40,497 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « orbes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orbes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔʁb\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « orbes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
orbes is uncommon French at frequency #59,502 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔʁb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de orbe.".
Zero misspellings are on record for orbes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is orbes, spelled O-R-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de orbe.
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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