sorbe
\sɔʁb\
The verdict
“sorbe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit du sorbier des oiseleurs et des espèces apparentées du sous-genre Sorbus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sorbe · sorbe · French
sorbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sorbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔʁb\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sorbe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔʁb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sorbe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sorbe, spelled S-O-R-B-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit du sorbier des oiseleurs et des espèces apparentées du sous-genre Sorbus.
- 2Fruit de l’ensemble des espèces de sorbier du genre Sorbus (dont le cormier et les alisiers).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sorbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On m’appelle Rouget à cause de mon bec et de mes pattes couleur de sorbe.
On apporta bientôt de l'eau-de-vie de sorbe qui, d'après Nozdirov, rappelait la prune à s'y méprendre, mais qui, au profond étonnement des invités, se révéla un atroce tord-boyaux.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.