rhombe
\ʁɔ̃b\
The verdict
“rhombe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne dénomination du losange.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rhombe · rhombe · French
rhombe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | rhombe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃b\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rhombe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rhombe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ̃b\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for rhombe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rhombe, spelled R-H-O-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1Ancienne dénomination du losange.
- 2Instrument de forme ovale, percé de trous, attaché à un fil, qui produit un son lorsqu'on le fait tournoyer au dessus de sa tête.
- 3Genre de coquillages univalves.
- 4Turbot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rhombe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] et bientôt ces atomes en petites lames minces, tous figurés de même, composent un volume sensible et de même figure ; les prismes du cristal, les rhombes des spaths calcaires, les cubes du sel marin, les aiguilles du nitre, etc., et toutes les figures anguleuses, régulières ou irrégulières des minéraux, sont tracées par les molécules organiques, et pa…
Haute de près de trente mètres et composée de rhombes – des losanges en volume - la Colonne de l'infini illustre la quête du sculpteur [Brancusi] de formes toujours plus simples, toujours plus dépouillées, intemporelles.
This word in other languages
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.