Sambre

\sɑ̃bʁ\

/\sɑ̃bʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Sambre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,343
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière franco-belge, affluente de la Meuse, de 190 km de long.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sambre · Sambre · French

Sambre · rank #28,343 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,343
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salafiste

Nearest frequency peer: salafiste (-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 « Sambre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Sambre » 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).

Sambre vs same
50% similar
Sambre vs sobre
50% similar
Sambre vs Samir
67% similar

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

Key facts for Sambre
PropertyValue
HeadwordSambre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sɑ̃bʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,343
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Sambre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Sambrese 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 « salafiste » (#28,342), « sanctionnés » (#28,344), « révéla » (#28,341). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sambre » est au #28,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Sambre (IPA \sɑ̃bʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,343 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Rivière franco-belge, affluente de la Meuse, de 190 km de long.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sambre, with forms such as "asmbre", "sabmre", and "sambbre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "same", "sobre", "Samir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Sambre, spelled S-A-M-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière franco-belge, affluente de la Meuse, de 190 km de long.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En effet : nᵒ 1 L’Escaut ne se jette point dans la Meuse, mais dans l'Océan ; tandis que la Sambre se jette dans la Meuse à Namur.
  2. C’est toi qui portes la responsabilité de sa mort. On l’a repêché dans la Sambre. Il était ivre mort, paraît-il. Ivre mort ! répéta-t-il avec une sorte de délectation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asmbre
  • sabmre
  • sambbre
  • samber
  • sambrre
  • sammbre
  • samrbe
  • smabre
  • ssambre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asmbre2sabmre2sambbre1samber2sambrre1sammbre1samrbe2smabre2
Edit distance from "Sambre"

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 "Sambre"?
"Sambre" is spelled S-A-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃bʁ\.
What does "Sambre" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sambre" means: Rivière franco-belge, affluente de la Meuse, de 190 km de long.
What words are commonly confused with "Sambre"?
"Sambre" is commonly confused with "same", "sobre", "Samir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sambre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sambre" is \sɑ̃bʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sambre" come from?
"Sambre" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sambre", 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