ubac
\y.bak\
The verdict
“ubac” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Versant d’une montagne qui est le moins exposé au soleil, et donc le versant le plus froid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ubac · ubac · French
ubac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | ubac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.bak\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ubac » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ubac is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.bak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Versant d’une montagne qui est le moins exposé au soleil, et donc le versant le plus froid.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ubac in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 ubac, spelled U-B-A-C.
Definition
- 1Versant d’une montagne qui est le moins exposé au soleil, et donc le versant le plus froid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ubac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Hêtre réfugié aux ubacs n’a pu se maintenir que dans les parties à sol profond, formant, çà et là, quelques « bouquets ».
Mes vergers sont à l’ubac, c’est-à-dire au nord et les olives sont petites. Or, précisément et par merveille, dans ces ubacs, j’avais eu des arbres particulièrement bien disposés qui m’avaient donné la veille deux boisseaux de grosses olives.
This word in other languages
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.