rubans
\ʁy.bɑ̃\
The verdict
“rubans” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,155
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ruban.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rubans · rubans · French
rubans · rank #21,155 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,155
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rouages
Nearest frequency peer: rouages (-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 « rubans »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Robbie
Robbie
78,849 corpus weight
- Rotterdam
Rotterdam
78,848 corpus weight
- rouages
rouages
78,847 corpus weight
- rubans
rubans
78,846 corpus weight
- réactivité
réactivité
78,845 corpus weight
- réanimation
réanimation
78,844 corpus weight
What this shows « rubans » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | rubans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁy.bɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rubans »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around rubans (IPA \ʁy.bɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,155 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ruban.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rubans, with forms such as "rbuans", "rrubans", and "ruabns". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rubis", "Ruben", "Rubin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is rubans, spelled R-U-B-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ruban.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rubans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les rues, se promènent : les vaches à l’aise à se « jobrer » le museau dans les poubelles (est-ce très sain pour elles et le lait qu’elles délivrent ?), les écoliers en costume marchent fièrement, les femmes ont confectionné de longues guirlandes, les présentent dans des corbeilles tressées, étalage rehaussé sur des caisses en bois défoncées, les fle…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rbuans
- rrubans
- ruabns
- rubanns
- rubanss
- rubasn
- rubbans
- rubnas
- urbans
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rubans - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).