tombelle
\tɔ̃.bɛl\
The verdict
“tombelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tombe formée d’une éminence de terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tombelle · tombelle · French
tombelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tombelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔ̃.bɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tombelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tombelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔ̃.bɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tombe formée d’une éminence de terre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tombelle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tombelle, spelled T-O-M-B-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Tombe formée d’une éminence de terre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tombelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les antiquités que le voyageur peut étudier sur le vaste plateau dont nous nous occupons sont rares. C'est d'abord quelques tombelles (les habitans disent tomelles), ou amas de terre sous lesquels reposent les corps des vaincus ensevelis après les mémorables batailles qui se sont livrées dans ces plaines immenses.
On a trouvé dans nos contrées des chaînes d’or dans les urnes des tombelles, ou tumulus…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.