zibeline

\zi.blin\

/\zi.blin\/ noun

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The verdict

“zibeline” is uncommon French (frequency #85,395 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,395
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de martre de l’Europe boréale à poils courts et très fins, très recherchée pour sa fourrure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zibeline · zibeline · French

zibeline · rank #85,395 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,395
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zao

Nearest frequency peer: Zao (-2 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 « zibeline »

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 « zibeline » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zibeline
PropertyValue
Headwordzibeline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\zi.blin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,395
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « zibeline » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).zibelinetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Zao » (#85,393), « zs » (#85,397), « échangea » (#85,399). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zibeline » est au #85,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zibeline is uncommon French at frequency #85,395 among 240 “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

  1. 1
    Espèce de martre de l’Europe boréale à poils courts et très fins, très recherchée pour sa fourrure.
  2. 2
    Peau de cet animal employée comme fourrure.
  3. 3
    Sorte de tissu moelleux, doux au toucher et qui imite la fourrure de la martre ou de la belette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La zibeline est répandue en Sibérie.
  2. Il portait un élégant pourpoint garni de zibeline, un haut-de-chausses très-ample et des souliers fendus dans toute leur longueur.

Synonyms

martre-zibelinemartre zibelinesouris de Moscoviesable

This word in other languages

sable(English)Zobel(Deutsch)zibelina(Português)

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 "zibeline"?
"zibeline" is spelled Z-I-B-E-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \zi.blin\.
What does "zibeline" mean?
As a noun, "zibeline" means: Espèce de martre de l’Europe boréale à poils courts et très fins, très recherchée pour sa fourrure.
How do you pronounce "zibeline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zibeline" is \zi.blin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zibeline" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

échangea#85,399écrémage#85,402Wilmotte#85,387égoïsmes#85,404

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list