urbex
\yʁ.bɛks\
The verdict
“urbex” is uncommon French (frequency #87,229 among 44,794 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,229
- frequency rank, French
- 44,794
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exploration de lieux interdits ou difficiles d’accès.
Corpus desk
Index FR-urbex · urbex · French
urbex · rank #87,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,229
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,794
- PHOTO-FINISH Ugine
Nearest frequency peer: Ugine (-2 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 “urbex”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- témoigneront
témoigneront
12,775 corpus weight
- Ugine
Ugine
12,774 corpus weight
- urbex
urbex
12,772 corpus weight
- vacs
vacs
12,770 corpus weight
- Valencienne
Valencienne
12,769 corpus weight
- vallette
vallette
12,768 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “urbex” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | urbex |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \yʁ.bɛks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “urbex” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
urbex is uncommon French at frequency #87,229 among 44,794 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \yʁ.bɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exploration de lieux interdits ou difficiles d’accès.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for urbex, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is urbex, spelled U-R-B-E-X.
Definition
- 1Exploration de lieux interdits ou difficiles d’accès.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how urbex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contraction de l’anglais urban exploration, l’urbex consiste à photographier l’intérieur des sites abandonnés – friches industrielles, chantiers de démolition –, avec une prédilection pour les imposants vestiges d’usines.
Pratiquer l’urbex, c’est partir à la rencontre de lieux "abandonnés", c’est-à-dire d’espaces plus ou moins dégradés qui n’ont plus d’usage officiel.
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); 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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.