superbe
\sy.pɛʁb\
The verdict
“superbe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,547
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est très beau ou très bien fait, qu'on peut admirer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-superbe · superbe · French
superbe · rank #2,547 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,547
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sors
Nearest frequency peer: sors (-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 « superbe »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- score
score
97,456 corpus weight
- sors
sors
97,455 corpus weight
- superbe
superbe
97,454 corpus weight
- tiré
tiré
97,453 corpus weight
- tournoi
tournoi
97,452 corpus weight
- ventes
ventes
97,451 corpus weight
What this shows « superbe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sy.pɛʁb\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « superbe »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around superbe (IPA \sy.pɛʁb\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,547 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for superbe, with forms such as "spuerbe", "ssuperbe", and "sueprbe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "supers", "superbes", "super", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is superbe, spelled S-U-P-E-R-B-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est très beau ou très bien fait, qu'on peut admirer.
- 2Qui est imposant, qui a belle apparence, qui présente de la grandeur, de la magnificence, de la somptuosité.
- 3Qui est orgueilleux, arrogant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how superbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec ça, je m'exhibe dans les boîtes de nuit et les grands restaurants la plus superbe poule qui se puisse rêver, ma dactylo, Suzanne, une enfant de dix-huit ans, fraîche, brune, émoustillante en diable, avec des yeux spirituels, dans une frimousse d'ingénue.
La célébration du mouloud, de la nativité du Prophète, à laquelle je viens d’assister, fut un beau spectacle surtout en raison du temps superbe dont il a été favorisé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuerbe
- ssuperbe
- sueprbe
- supebre
- superbbe
- supereb
- superrbe
- supperbe
- suprebe
- usperbe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of superbe - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "superbe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).