Tarbes

\taʁb\

/\taʁb\/ name

The verdict

“Tarbes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,002
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville française, chef-lieu du département des Hautes-Pyrénées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tarbes · Tarbes · French

Tarbes · rank #20,002 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,002
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tai

Nearest frequency peer: tai (-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 « Tarbes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Tarbes » 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).

Tarbes vs très
33% similar
Tarbes vs taré
33% similar
Tarbes vs tubes
50% similar

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

Key facts for Tarbes
PropertyValue
HeadwordTarbes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\taʁb\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,002
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Tarbes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Tarbesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tai » (#20,001), « taverne » (#20,003), « surpoids » (#20,000). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Tarbes » est au #20,002. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Tarbes (IPA \taʁb\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,002 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville française, chef-lieu du département des Hautes-Pyrénées.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tarbes, with forms such as "atrbes", "tabres", and "tarbbes". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "très", "taré", "tubes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Tarbes, spelled T-A-R-B-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville française, chef-lieu du département des Hautes-Pyrénées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tarbes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avec 37,2°C, la ville de Tarbes, au pied des Pyrénées, n'avait pas eu aussi chaud en septembre depuis près de 60 ans (35,8°C en 1964).
  2. Fourniture et installation de meubles-bar au « foyer du soldat » et au « mess mixte » du quartier Soult, à Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atrbes
  • tabres
  • tarbbes
  • tarbess
  • tarbse
  • tarebs
  • tarrbes
  • trabes
  • ttarbes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atrbes2tabres2tarbbes1tarbess1tarbse2tarebs2tarrbes1trabes2
Edit distance from "Tarbes"

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 "Tarbes"?
"Tarbes" is spelled T-A-R-B-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \taʁb\.
What does "Tarbes" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tarbes" means: Ville française, chef-lieu du département des Hautes-Pyrénées.
What words are commonly confused with "Tarbes"?
"Tarbes" is commonly confused with "très", "taré", "tubes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tarbes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tarbes" is \taʁb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tarbes" come from?
"Tarbes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tarbes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list