Robert

\ʁɔ.bɛʁ\

/\ʁɔ.bɛʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Robert” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,676
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-robert · Robert · French

Robert · rank #1,676 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,676
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH revoir

Nearest frequency peer: revoir (-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 « Robert »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Robert » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Robert vs Roger
67% similar
Robert vs robot
50% similar
Robert vs robes
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Robert
PropertyValue
HeadwordRobert
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁɔ.bɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,676
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Robert »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Robertse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « revoir » (#1,675), « réaliser » (#1,677), « reprendre » (#1,674). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Robert » est au #1,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Robert (IPA \ʁɔ.bɛʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,676 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Robert, with forms such as "orbert", "rboert", and "robbert". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Roger", "robot", "robes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Robert, spelled R-O-B-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beaucoup d’autres prétendants à la victoire seront présents : Guerand Le Pennec vainqueur à Botsorhel : Alexis Robert, récent vainqueur de la Ronde du Viaduc, sans compter sur une sélection du Sultanat d’Oman actuellement de passage en France.
  2. Parmi ceux qui peuvent jouer le rôle d’outsiders, les hurdlers Sasha Zhoya, Just Kwaou-Mathey, Wilhem Belocian (110 m haies) et Wilfried Happio, vice-champion d’Europe du 400 m haies, et les coureurs de 800 m (Gabriel Tual, Benjamin Robert, Rénelle Lamote).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orbert
  • rboert
  • robbert
  • roberrt
  • robertt
  • robetr
  • robret
  • roebrt
  • rrobert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

orbert2rboert2robbert1roberrt1robertt1robetr2robret2roebrt2
Edit distance from "Robert"

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 "Robert"?
"Robert" is spelled R-O-B-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.bɛʁ\.
What does "Robert" mean?
As a proper noun, "Robert" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Robert"?
"Robert" is commonly confused with "Roger", "robot", "robes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Robert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Robert" is \ʁɔ.bɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Robert" come from?
"Robert" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list