zarbi

\zaʁ.bi\

/\zaʁ.bi\/ adj

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The verdict

“zarbi” is uncommon French (frequency #78,980 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,980
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bizarre, étrange.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zarbi · zarbi · French

zarbi · rank #78,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,980
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH zapp

Nearest frequency peer: zapp (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « zarbi »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « zarbi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zarbi
PropertyValue
Headwordzarbi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\zaʁ.bi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,980
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « zarbi » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).zarbitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « zapp » (#78,979), « ziva » (#78,981), « yossi » (#78,978). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zarbi » est au #78,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zarbi is uncommon French at frequency #78,980 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \zaʁ.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bizarre, étrange.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zarbi, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is zarbi, spelled Z-A-R-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bizarre, étrange.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un film vraiment sympa, le début est un peu mou, il y a quelques scènes zarbies mais l’ambiance générale est bien restituée.
  2. Et là, c’est juste la grimace D’un matou sénile et pelé Mais ses yeux sont tellement zarbis Et son agonie si tranquille Que même les greffiers, par ici, Donnent l’impression d’être en exil.

Synonyms

zarb’cheloucurieuxbizarrebizarroïdeétrangelouche

This word in other languages

weirdo(English)raro(Español)komisch(Deutsch)

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 "zarbi"?
"zarbi" is spelled Z-A-R-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is \zaʁ.bi\.
What does "zarbi" mean?
As an adjective, "zarbi" means: Bizarre, étrange.
How do you pronounce "zarbi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zarbi" is \zaʁ.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zarbi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

yossi#78,978zouma#78,982Zélie#78,983Xenia#78,974

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list