sembles

\sɑ̃bl\

/\sɑ̃bl\/ verb

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The verdict

“sembles” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,004
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de sembler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sembles · sembles · French

sembles · rank #17,004 · 11 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,004
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sci

Nearest frequency peer: sci (-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 « sembles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sembles » 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).

sembles vs semés
57% similar
sembles vs seules
71% similar
sembles vs serbes
71% similar

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

Key facts for sembles
PropertyValue
Headwordsembles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɑ̃bl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,004
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sembles »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.semblesse 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 « sci » (#17,003), « signalement » (#17,005), « scellé » (#17,002). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sembles » est au #17,004. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sembles (IPA \sɑ̃bl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,004 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sembles, with forms such as "esmbles", "sebmles", and "sembbles". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "semés", "seules", "serbes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 sembles, spelled S-E-M-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de sembler.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de sembler.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esmbles
  • sebmles
  • sembbles
  • sembels
  • sembless
  • semblles
  • semblse
  • semlbes
  • semmbles
  • smebles
  • ssembles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esmbles2sebmles2sembbles1sembels2sembless1semblles1semblse2semlbes2
Edit distance from "sembles"

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 "sembles"?
"sembles" is spelled S-E-M-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃bl\.
What does "sembles" mean?
As a verb, "sembles" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de sembler.
What words are commonly confused with "sembles"?
"sembles" is commonly confused with "semés", "seules", "serbes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sembles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sembles" is \sɑ̃bl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sembles" come from?
"sembles" 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 "sembles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sombrer#17,008sapeurs#16,999Sanders#16,998salauds#16,996

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

trading11 variantspétales11 variantspénétré11 variantsvikings11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list