tombée

\tɔ̃.be\

/\tɔ̃.be\/ noun

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The verdict

“tombée” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,292
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chute, mouvement de ce qui tombe, au propre ou au figuré, ou survenue d'un évènement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tombee · tombée · French

tombée · rank #4,292 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,292
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tenant

Nearest frequency peer: tenant (-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 « tombée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tombée » 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).

tombée vs tome
67% similar
tombée vs tomes
50% similar
tombée vs tomber
67% similar

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

Key facts for tombée
PropertyValue
Headwordtombée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ̃.be\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,292
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tombée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tombéese 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 « tenant » (#4,291), « touristes » (#4,293), « traverser » (#4,294). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tombée » est au #4,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around tombée (IPA \tɔ̃.be\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,292 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tombée, with forms such as "otmbée", "tmobée", and "tobmée". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "tome", "tomes", "tomber", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tombée, spelled T-O-M-B-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chute, mouvement de ce qui tombe, au propre ou au figuré, ou survenue d'un évènement.
  2. 2
    Petite dose d’un ingrédient (pincée, filet, trait, etc.).
  3. 3
    Garniture d’un plat en petite quantité, typiquement une ou deux cuillerées à soupe, et disposée avec soin.
  4. 4
    Goutte de sirop qu’on ajoute au dernier moment en la laissant tomber d’environ 15 centimètres au-dessus du verre, pour la décoration.
  5. 5
    Chute de tissu, morceau inutilisé une fois un tissu découpé.
  6. 6
    Large groupe d’oiseaux migrateurs se posant en chemin.
  7. 7
    Brève chute de quelques flocons de neige ou gouttes de pluie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La tombée du jour est aussi la tombée de la nuit.
  2. Je ne sors plus après la tombée de l’obscurité.

This word in other languages

fall(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otmbée
  • tmobée
  • tobmée
  • tombbée
  • tombee
  • tombeé
  • tommbée
  • tomébe
  • ttombée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

otmbée2tmobée2tobmée2tombbée1tombee1tombeé2tommbée1tomébe2
Edit distance from "tombée"

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 "tombée"?
"tombée" is spelled T-O-M-B-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ̃.be\.
What does "tombée" mean?
As a noun, "tombée" means: Chute, mouvement de ce qui tombe, au propre ou au figuré, ou survenue d'un évènement.
What words are commonly confused with "tombée"?
"tombée" is commonly confused with "tome", "tomes", "tomber". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tombée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tombée" is \tɔ̃.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tombée" come from?
"tombée" 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 "tombée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

tenant#4,291urbain#4,296belges#4,311poudre#4,269

Similar misspelling depth

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

allaient9 variantsappelait9 variantsappelés9 variantsattaché9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list