sembles

/\sɑ̃bl\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,004

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

sembles is aFrenchverb. It means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de sembler. Pronounced \sɑ̃bl\. Often confused with semés and seules.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sembles in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sembles is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃bl\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,004 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for sembles, with forms such as "esmbles", "sebmles", and "sembbles". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sembles, spelled S-E-M-B-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sembles

Misspelling Variants of "sembles"

esmbles7sebmles7sembbles8sembels7sembless8semblles8semblse7semlbes7
Misspelling Variants of "sembles"

Frequency rank: #17,004 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.