sorbonne
\sɔʁ.bɔn\
The verdict
“sorbonne” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,076
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tête, cerveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sorbonne · sorbonne · French
sorbonne · rank #10,076 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,076
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sonner
Nearest frequency peer: sonner (-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 « sorbonne »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sessions
sessions
89,928 corpus weight
- singes
singes
89,927 corpus weight
- sonner
sonner
89,926 corpus weight
- sorbonne
sorbonne
89,925 corpus weight
- souhaitait
souhaitait
89,924 corpus weight
- souple
souple
89,923 corpus weight
What this shows « sorbonne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sorbonne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔʁ.bɔn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sorbonne »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around sorbonne (IPA \sɔʁ.bɔn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,076 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sorbonne, with forms such as "osrbonne", "sobronne", and "sorbbonne". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sorbonne, spelled S-O-R-B-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tête, cerveau.
- 2Hotte de laboratoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sorbonne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Qui êtes-vous ? lui ai-je dit enfin. — Drôle de demande ! a-t-il répondu. Un friauche. — Un friauche! Qu’est-ce que cela veut dire ? Cette question a redoublé sa gaieté. — Cela veut dire, s’est-il écrié au milieu d’un éclat de rire, que le taule jouera au panier avec ma sorbonne dans six semaines, comme il va faire avec ta tronche dans six heures.
Collin est la sorbonne la plus dangereuse qui jamais se soit trouvée du côté des voleurs. Voilà tout. Les coquins le savent bien ; il est leur drapeau, leur soutien, leur Bonaparte enfin ; ils l’aiment tous. Ce drôle ne nous laissera jamais sa tronche en place de Grève. Mademoiselle Michonneau ne comprenant pas, Gondureau lui expliqua les deux mots d’argo…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osrbonne
- sobronne
- sorbbonne
- sorbnone
- sorbone
- sorbonen
- sorobnne
- sorrbonne
- srobonne
- ssorbonne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sorbonne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).