ruby
\ˈɹuː.bi\
The verdict
“ruby” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,668
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rubis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ruby · ruby · French
ruby · rank #19,668 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,668
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rubriques
Nearest frequency peer: rubriques (-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 « ruby »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rouvrir
rouvrir
80,336 corpus weight
- RSS
RSS
80,335 corpus weight
- rubriques
rubriques
80,334 corpus weight
- ruby
ruby
80,333 corpus weight
- ruisseaux
ruisseaux
80,332 corpus weight
- Rupert
Rupert
80,331 corpus weight
What this shows « ruby » 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 | ruby |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɹuː.bi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ruby »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around ruby (IPA \ˈɹuː.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,668 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruby, with forms such as "rbuy", "rruby", and "rubby". 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, "Ry", "rue", "run", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ruby, spelled R-U-B-Y.
Definition
- 1Rubis.
- 2Rubis.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rbuy
- rruby
- rubby
- rubyy
- ruyb
- urby
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruby - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ruby", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).