robe
\ʁɔb\
The verdict
“robe” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,147) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #2,147
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement long, en forme de fourreau plus ou moins ample, qui enveloppe le corps, tient aux épaules et a des manches ou des ouvertures pour les bras.
Corpus desk
Index FR-robe · robe · French
robe · rank #2,147 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,147
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rivière
Nearest frequency peer: rivière (-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 “robe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rapports
rapports
97,857 corpus weight
- relativement
relativement
97,856 corpus weight
- rivière
rivière
97,855 corpus weight
- robe
robe
97,854 corpus weight
- réalisation
réalisation
97,853 corpus weight
- réponses
réponses
97,852 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “robe” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | robe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔb\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “robe” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for robe is neighbouring look-alikes ("rue", "roi", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ʁɔb\. Frequency #2,147 among 5,742 “R” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for robe, with forms such as "rboe", "robbe", and "roeb". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rue", "roi", "roy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is robe, spelled R-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1Vêtement long, en forme de fourreau plus ou moins ample, qui enveloppe le corps, tient aux épaules et a des manches ou des ouvertures pour les bras.
- 2Profession de magistrat, d’avocat.
- 3La noblesse de robe.
- 4Profession des ecclésiastiques, des religieux ; il est toujours précédé du possessif.
- 5Pelage ou apparence de quelques animaux, considéré sous le rapport de la couleur.
- 6Couleur du vin, allant du violet à l’ocre.
- 7Enveloppe de certains légumes ou de certains fruits.
- 8Feuille de tabac enveloppant un cigare.
- 9Partie centrale d’une cloche, la plus grande, qui transmet les vibrations.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how robe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis le luxe de sa longue robe consistait dans une coupe extrêmement distinguée, et, s’il est permis de chercher des idées dans l’arrangement d’une étoffe, on pourrait dire que les plis nombreux et simples de sa robe lui communiquaient une grande noblesse.
Les femmes, qui sont de taille moyenne et plutôt trapues, portent une robe en vadmel, sorte de flanelle tissée avec la laine qu’elles-mêmes ont cardée et filée.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rboe
- robbe
- roeb
- rrobe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of robe - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "robe" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rue". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,147 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
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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.