orbis

noun

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The verdict

“orbis” is uncommon French (frequency #66,179 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,179
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cercle, rond, ronde, tour, disque, pelote.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orbis · orbis · French

orbis · rank #66,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,179
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH orbitales

Nearest frequency peer: orbitales (+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 « orbis »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « orbis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for orbis
PropertyValue
Headwordorbis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,179
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « orbis » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).orbistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « orbitales » (#66,180), « oppressif » (#66,177), « orchestrale » (#66,181). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orbis » est au #66,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

orbis is uncommon French at frequency #66,179 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for orbis in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is orbis, spelled O-R-B-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cercle, rond, ronde, tour, disque, pelote.
  2. 2
    Globe, sphère, monde, univers.
  3. 3
    Contrée, région, pays, climat.
  4. 4
    Région du ciel, voûte céleste.
  5. 5
    Mouvement circulaire, tour, circonvolution, cours périodique, orbe, orbite, révolution.
  6. 6
    Cercle des connaissances, encyclopédie.
  7. 7
    Cercle, formation en cercle (pour résister de toutes parts), peloton.
  8. 8
    Orbite de l'œil, œil.
  9. 9
    Objet de forme ronde : bouclier rond; cercle de cuir (qui couvre le bouclier); disque, palet; bande d'une roue, roue; meule de pressoir; table ronde; placage en marbre, incrustation; miroir rond; plateau de balance; gâteau rond.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. equitare in orbem
  2. orbis laneus

Synonyms

circuluscircus

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 "orbis"?
"orbis" is spelled O-R-B-I-S.
What does "orbis" mean?
As a noun, "orbis" means: Cercle, rond, ronde, tour, disque, pelote.
What language does "orbis" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Nomen#66,162noche#66,160niska#66,159Paros#66,202

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list