wombat
\wɔ̃.ba\
The verdict
“wombat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marsupial d’Australie, herbivore, ressemblant à un ourson et appartenant à la famille des wombatidés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wombat · wombat · French
wombat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | wombat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wɔ̃.ba\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « wombat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
wombat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wɔ̃.ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marsupial d’Australie, herbivore, ressemblant à un ourson et appartenant à la famille des wombatidés.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wombat, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 wombat, spelled W-O-M-B-A-T.
Definition
- 1Marsupial d’Australie, herbivore, ressemblant à un ourson et appartenant à la famille des wombatidés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wombat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le wombat est un herbivore qui creuse des terriers à la manière des blaireaux.
Le wombat est natif d’Australie et il existe 3 espèces différentes. […] L’agriculture et les habitats humains ont repoussé les wombats vers des collines et montagnes accidentées.
Synonyms
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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.