rhubarbe

\ʁy.baʁb\

/\ʁy.baʁb\/ noun

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The verdict

“rhubarbe” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,503
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom usuel donné au plantes du genre Rheum (famille des Polygonaceae), dont les racines peuvent parfois être utilisées en pharmacie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rhubarbe · rhubarbe · French

rhubarbe · rank #41,503 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,503
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH revival

Nearest frequency peer: revival (-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 « rhubarbe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rhubarbe » 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
Key facts for rhubarbe
PropertyValue
Headwordrhubarbe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁy.baʁb\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,503
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rhubarbe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rhubarbese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « revival » (#41,502), « roadster » (#41,505), « restructurer » (#41,500). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rhubarbe » est au #41,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around rhubarbe (IPA \ʁy.baʁb\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,503 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for rhubarbe, with forms such as "hrubarbe", "rhbuarbe", and "rhhubarbe". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 rhubarbe, spelled R-H-U-B-A-R-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom usuel donné au plantes du genre Rheum (famille des Polygonaceae), dont les racines peuvent parfois être utilisées en pharmacie.
  2. 2
    Nom donné à Rheum rhabarbarum ou rhubarbe des jardins qui est médicinale (amère, tonique à petites doses et purgative à des doses plus élevées) et dont le pétiole est consommé en tarte ou confiture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La « rhubarbe sauvage », Rheum rhaponticum, originaire d'Asie centrale, est l'un des parents de la rhubarbe des jardins, Rheum x rhabarbarum, communément cultivée pour les pétioles de ses feuilles.
  2. Les forêts renferment des palmiers, du bois de Brésil, de campêche, des arbres à encens, à manne et à copal; des cochenillers, des plantes médicinales, telles que séné, rhubarbe , etc.

This word in other languages

rhubarb(English)Rhabarber(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hrubarbe
  • rhbuarbe
  • rhhubarbe
  • rhuabrbe
  • rhubabre
  • rhubarbbe
  • rhubareb
  • rhubarrbe
  • rhubbarbe
  • rhubrabe
  • rrhubarbe
  • ruhbarbe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rhubarbe - 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.

hrubarbe2rhbuarbe2rhhubarbe1rhuabrbe2rhubabre2rhubarbbe1rhubareb2rhubarrbe1
Edit distance from "rhubarbe"

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 "rhubarbe"?
"rhubarbe" is spelled R-H-U-B-A-R-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁy.baʁb\.
What does "rhubarbe" mean?
As a noun, "rhubarbe" means: Nom usuel donné au plantes du genre Rheum (famille des Polygonaceae), dont les racines peuvent parfois être utilisées en pharmacie.
What are common misspellings of "rhubarbe"?
Common misspellings include "hrubarbe", "rhbuarbe", "rhhubarbe", "rhuabrbe", "rhubabre". The correct spelling is "rhubarbe".
How do you pronounce "rhubarbe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rhubarbe" is \ʁy.baʁb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rhubarbe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rhubarbe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

roadster#41,505Roberval#41,506redirigé#41,491rajoutez#41,483

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

roulaient12 variantsremettons12 variantsSaturday12 variantsprudhomme12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list