zibeline
\zi.blin\
The verdict
“zibeline” is uncommon French (frequency #85,395 among 39,292 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,395
- frequency rank, French
- 39,292
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de martre de l’Europe boréale à poils courts et très fins, très recherchée pour sa fourrure.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zibeline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zi.blin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zibeline” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zibeline is uncommon French at frequency #85,395 among 39,292 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \zi.blin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for zibeline in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is zibeline, spelled Z-I-B-E-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de martre de l’Europe boréale à poils courts et très fins, très recherchée pour sa fourrure.
- 2Peau de cet animal employée comme fourrure.
- 3Sorte de tissu moelleux, doux au toucher et qui imite la fourrure de la martre ou de la belette.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “zibeline”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Z-I-B-E-L-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \zi.blin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.