urbis

noun

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The verdict

“urbis” is uncommon French (frequency #83,473 among 44,794 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,473
frequency rank, French
44,794
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Génitif singulier de urbs.

Key facts for urbis
PropertyValue
Headwordurbis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#83,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “urbis” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). urbis lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urbis is uncommon French at frequency #83,473 among 44,794 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Génitif singulier de urbs.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for urbis, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is urbis, spelled U-R-B-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Génitif singulier de urbs.

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 "urbis"?
"urbis" is spelled U-R-B-I-S.
What does "urbis" mean?
As a noun, "urbis" means: Génitif singulier de urbs.
What language does "urbis" come from?
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Using “urbis”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is U-R-B-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list