rabbi

\ʁa.bi\

/\ʁa.bi\/ noun

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The verdict

“rabbi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,930
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de rabbin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rabbi · rabbi · French

rabbi · rank #29,930 · 5 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,930
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rab

Nearest frequency peer: rab (-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 « rabbi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rabbi » 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).

rabbi vs rai
60% similar
rabbi vs ravi
60% similar
rabbi vs rami
60% similar

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

Key facts for rabbi
PropertyValue
Headwordrabbi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.bi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,930
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rabbi »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rabbise 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 « rab » (#29,929), « radioactive » (#29,931), « Puteaux » (#29,928). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rabbi » est au #29,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around rabbi (IPA \ʁa.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,930 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de rabbin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rabbi, with forms such as "arbbi", "rabi", and "rabib". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "rai", "ravi", "rami", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rabbi, spelled R-A-B-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de rabbin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La disparition des institutions caractéristiques de la vie juive en terre d’Israël – notamment le Temple de Jérusalem et ses prêtres (kohanim), mais aussi les instances politiques et législatives, du roi au Grand Sanhédrin – va amener au premier plan les rabbis ou « maîtres ». L’activité principale de ces rabbis consiste en l’interprétation de la Torah et…
  2. Je ne suis point du sentiment de rabbi Aben Ezra sur ce mot du Pentateuque.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arbbi
  • rabi
  • rabib
  • rbabi
  • rrabbi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rabbi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arbbi2rabi1rabib2rbabi2rrabbi1
Edit distance from "rabbi"

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 "rabbi"?
"rabbi" is spelled R-A-B-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.bi\.
What does "rabbi" mean?
As a noun, "rabbi" means: Variante de rabbin.
What words are commonly confused with "rabbi"?
"rabbi" is commonly confused with "rai", "ravi", "rami". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rabbi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rabbi" is \ʁa.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rabbi" come from?
"rabbi" 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 "rabbi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

plèbe#29,910plaid#29,909Paige#29,900Olsen#29,890

Similar misspelling depth

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

riga5 variantstiti5 variantsFuji5 variantsdati5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list