Rabe
[ˈraː.bə]
The verdict
“Rabe” is uncommon French (frequency #69,348 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,348
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Corbeau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rabe · Rabe · French
Rabe · rank #69,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,348
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Rachelle
Nearest frequency peer: Rachelle (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rabe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- qualificati…
qualificatives
30,657 corpus weight
- quando
quando
30,656 corpus weight
- quantifiable
quantifiable
30,655 corpus weight
- Rabe
Rabe
30,653 corpus weight
- Rachelle
Rachelle
30,652 corpus weight
- radiologiqu…
radiologiques
30,651 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rabe” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rabe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈraː.bə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,348 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rabe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rabe is uncommon French at frequency #69,348 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈraː.bə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Corbeau.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Rabe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Rabe, spelled R-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1Corbeau.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.