web

\wɛb\

/\wɛb\/ noun

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The verdict

“web” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,689) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,689
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre orthographe de Web.

Corpus desk

Index FR-web · web · French

web · rank #1,689 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,689
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH vivant

Nearest frequency peer: vivant (-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 “web”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “web” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

web vs wu
33% similar
web vs wo
33% similar
web vs wp
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for web
PropertyValue
Headwordweb
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wɛb\
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “web” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).webse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vivant » (#1,688), « zones » (#1,690), « types » (#1,687). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for web is neighbouring look-alikes ("wu", "wo", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \wɛb\. Frequency #1,689 among 549 “W” headwords. Gloss: "Autre orthographe de Web.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for web, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wu", "wo", "wp", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is web, spelled W-E-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autre orthographe de Web.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how web appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le web est devenu en dix années un cimetière de pages oubliées, tantôt réécrites, tantôt abandonnées, et aucun conservateur n’est là pour décider de la destinée de tel ou tel fichier. Notre capacité de lecture n’est pas infinie et il arrive un temps où l’on cesse de dépouiller et l’on risque alors de passer à côté de l’article vraiment intéressant.
  2. Ainsi marchait désormais le monde et Kurtz, qui jouissait jusque-là d'un anonymat total, allait vite se retrouver en tête de gondole du web, lui, une bande de Beatles d'outre-tombe et la fille délurée d'un maire une année d'élections, bref.

This word in other languages

web(English)

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 "web"?
"web" is spelled W-E-B. The IPA pronunciation is \wɛb\.
What does "web" mean?
As a noun, "web" means: Autre orthographe de Web.
What words are commonly confused with "web"?
"web" is commonly confused with "wu", "wo", "wp". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "web"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "web" is \wɛb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "web" come from?
"web" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "web", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

max#1,704van#1,759lac#1,775don#1,589

What to do next

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  • "web" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "wu". View pair
  • Usage frequency rank #1,689 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list