tombé

\tɔ̃.be\

/\tɔ̃.be\/ adj

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The verdict

“tombé” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,342
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déchu, qui n’a plus beaucoup de succès.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tombe · tombé · French

tombé · rank #2,342 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,342
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH talent

Nearest frequency peer: talent (-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 « tombé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tombé » 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).

tombé vs tome
60% similar
tombé vs tube
40% similar
tombé vs tone
40% similar

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

Key facts for tombé
PropertyValue
Headwordtombé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɔ̃.be\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,342
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tombé »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tombése 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 « talent » (#2,341), « tourisme » (#2,343), « située » (#2,340). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tombé » est au #2,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around tombé (IPA \tɔ̃.be\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,342 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tombé, with forms such as "otmbé", "tmobé", and "tobmé". 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, "tome", "tube", "tone", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tombé, spelled T-O-M-B-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déchu, qui n’a plus beaucoup de succès.
  2. 2
    Tué.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un auteur tombé, un auteur dramatique dont la pièce a été sifflée.
  2. Comme l’Italie, c’est un pays tombé, qui reste en arrière des autres, et ne remonte au niveau des autres que par le contact d’une administration ou d’une civilisation étrangère.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otmbé
  • tmobé
  • tobmé
  • tombbé
  • tombe
  • tommbé
  • toméb
  • ttombé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tombé - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otmbé2tmobé2tobmé2tombbé1tombe1tommbé1toméb2ttombé1
Edit distance from "tombé"

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 "tombé"?
"tombé" is spelled T-O-M-B-É. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ̃.be\.
What does "tombé" mean?
As an adjective, "tombé" means: Déchu, qui n’a plus beaucoup de succès.
What words are commonly confused with "tombé"?
"tombé" is commonly confused with "tome", "tube", "tone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tombé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tombé" is \tɔ̃.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tombé" come from?
"tombé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vendu#2,346vrais#2,348quasi#2,332bravo#2,353

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

située8 variantsvenait8 variantsremise8 variantslaissez8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list