rabbit

\ˈɹæb.ɪt\

/\ˈɹæb.ɪt\/ noun

The verdict

“rabbit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,668
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lapin, nom générique de plusieurs genres de lagomorphes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rabbit · rabbit · French

rabbit · rank #31,668 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,668
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH pétillante

Nearest frequency peer: pétillante (-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 « rabbit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rabbit » 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).

rabbit vs ravit
67% similar
rabbit vs rabin
67% similar
rabbit vs rabot
67% similar

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

Key facts for rabbit
PropertyValue
Headwordrabbit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈɹæb.ɪt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,668
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rabbit »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rabbitse 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 « pétillante » (#31,667), « radieuse » (#31,669), « pâque » (#31,666). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rabbit » est au #31,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rabbit (IPA \ˈɹæb.ɪt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,668 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lapin, nom générique de plusieurs genres de lagomorphes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rabbit, with forms such as "arbbit", "rabbitt", and "rabbti". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "ravit", "rabin", "rabot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 rabbit, spelled R-A-B-B-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lapin, nom générique de plusieurs genres de lagomorphes.

Synonyms

bunnycottontail

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arbbit
  • rabbitt
  • rabbti
  • rabibt
  • rabit
  • rbabit
  • rrabbit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rabbit - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

arbbit2rabbitt1rabbti2rabibt2rabit1rbabit2rrabbit1
Edit distance from "rabbit"

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 "rabbit"?
"rabbit" is spelled R-A-B-B-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɹæb.ɪt\.
What does "rabbit" mean?
As a noun, "rabbit" means: Lapin, nom générique de plusieurs genres de lagomorphes.
What words are commonly confused with "rabbit"?
"rabbit" is commonly confused with "ravit", "rabin", "rabot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rabbit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rabbit" is \ˈɹæb.ɪt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rabbit" come from?
"rabbit" 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 "rabbit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list