zombi
\zɔ̃.bi\
The verdict
“zombi” is uncommon French (frequency #71,197 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,197
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de zombie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zombi · zombi · French
zombi · rank #71,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,197
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH zin
Nearest frequency peer: zin (-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 « zombi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- zin
zin
28,805 corpus weight
- zombi
zombi
28,804 corpus weight
- échangeable
échangeable
28,802 corpus weight
- échue
échue
28,801 corpus weight
- éclairement
éclairement
28,800 corpus weight
- épigrammes
épigrammes
28,799 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « zombi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zombi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zɔ̃.bi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zombi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zombi is uncommon French at frequency #71,197 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \zɔ̃.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de zombie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zombi, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is zombi, spelled Z-O-M-B-I.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de zombie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zombi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trois condamnés se trouvaient là également, assis par terre, prostrés, silencieux : ils s’étaient levés, avec des gestes lourds de zombis, pour écouter l’annonce, pendus aux lèvres du speaker en gros plan gigantesque sur l’écran de six mètres sur cinq dressé à l’extrémité du stade.
On ne trouve pas de zombi à tous les coins des rues, comme on ne fait pas des zombis dans tous les hounfor. Même s’ils font partie du quotidien avec ce fond de légendes et de pratiques magico-religieuses, les zombis restent rares et « ce n’est pas souvent que ça marche » […].
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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