ramberge
\ʁɑ̃.bɛʁʒ\
The verdict
“ramberge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Navire de guerre à rames et à voiles, de forme effilée, en usage autrefois au Royaume-Uni.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ramberge · ramberge · French
ramberge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ramberge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.bɛʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ramberge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ramberge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.bɛʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Navire de guerre à rames et à voiles, de forme effilée, en usage autrefois au Royaume-Uni.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ramberge, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ramberge, spelled R-A-M-B-E-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Navire de guerre à rames et à voiles, de forme effilée, en usage autrefois au Royaume-Uni.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ramberge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La ramberge, dont parle Martin du Bellay, semble être d’origine anglaise ; il en existait dans la flotte de l’amiral d’Annebaut au combat de Wight (1545).
Il y a une espece de navires particuliers dont usoient nos ennemys [les Anglais], en forme plus longue que ronde, et plus estroite beaucoup que les galleres.... avecques ces vaisseaux ils contendent de vitesse avecque les galleres, et les nomment ramberges.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.