ubi
\ˈu.biː\
The verdict
“ubi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,101) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #42,101
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Où, en quel endroit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ubi · ubi · French
ubi · rank #42,101 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,101
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH tungstène
Nearest frequency peer: tungstène (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ubi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- triomphes
triomphes
57,903 corpus weight
- troquer
troquer
57,902 corpus weight
- tungstène
tungstène
57,901 corpus weight
- ubi
ubi
57,900 corpus weight
- UMR
UMR
57,899 corpus weight
- universalis…
universalisme
57,898 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ubi” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ubi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈu.biː\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #42,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ubi” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ubi is neighbouring look-alikes ("un", "up", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced \ˈu.biː\. Frequency #42,101 among 456 “U” headwords. Gloss: "Où, en quel endroit.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ubi, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "un", "up", "UE", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 ubi, spelled U-B-I.
Definition
- 1Où, en quel endroit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ubi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ubi terrarum aut maris fuisti?
Ubi mors spectat.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "ubi" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "un". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #42,101 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.