tombais

\tɔ̃.bɛ\

/\tɔ̃.bɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“tombais” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,492
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de tomber.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tombais · tombais · French

tombais · rank #46,492 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,492
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tissée

Nearest frequency peer: tissée (-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 « tombais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tombais » 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).

tombais vs tombés
71% similar
tombais vs tombant
71% similar
tombais vs tombait
86% similar

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

Key facts for tombais
PropertyValue
Headwordtombais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɔ̃.bɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,492
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tombais »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tombaisse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tissée » (#46,491), « topless » (#46,493), « tisserands » (#46,490). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tombais » est au #46,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tombais (IPA \tɔ̃.bɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,492 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tombais, with forms such as "otmbais", "tmobais", and "tobmais". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "tombés", "tombant", "tombait", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tombais, spelled T-O-M-B-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de tomber.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de tomber.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otmbais
  • tmobais
  • tobmais
  • tomabis
  • tombaiss
  • tombasi
  • tombbais
  • tombias
  • tommbais
  • ttombais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tombais - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

otmbais2tmobais2tobmais2tomabis2tombaiss1tombasi2tombbais1tombias2
Edit distance from "tombais"

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 "tombais"?
"tombais" is spelled T-O-M-B-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ̃.bɛ\.
What does "tombais" mean?
As a verb, "tombais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de tomber.
What words are commonly confused with "tombais"?
"tombais" is commonly confused with "tombés", "tombant", "tombait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tombais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tombais" is \tɔ̃.bɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tombais" come from?
"tombais" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

topless#46,493tissent#46,489therapy#46,486toutous#46,498

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Swahili10 variantsSmyrne10 variantssimply10 variantsscindé10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list