zombie

\zɔ̃.bi\

/\zɔ̃.bi\/ noun

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The verdict

“zombie” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,286
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Revenant, mort qui marche ; cadavre victime d’un sortilège vaudou aux Antilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zombie · zombie · French

zombie · rank #12,286 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,286
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH yang

Nearest frequency peer: yang (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « zombie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « zombie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

zombie vs zombies
86% similar
zombie vs Zambie
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for zombie
PropertyValue
Headwordzombie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\zɔ̃.bi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,286
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « zombie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).zombiese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « yang » (#12,285), « égyptiens » (#12,287), « XVe » (#12,284). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zombie » est au #12,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around zombie (IPA \zɔ̃.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,286 among 240 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for zombie, with forms such as "ozmbie", "zmobie", and "zobmie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "zombies", "Zambie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 zombie, spelled Z-O-M-B-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Revenant, mort qui marche ; cadavre victime d’un sortilège vaudou aux Antilles.
  2. 2
    Dans les fictions populaires à partir du XXᵉ siècle, mort-vivant dont le corps est en état de décomposition, se déplaçant généralement de façon lente et maladroite, et ayant pour principal but de faire des victimes humaines en les transformant à leur tour en zombies par une morsure.
  3. 3
    Personne à l’allure cadavérique ou vide et sans volonté propre.
  4. 4
    Ordinateur contrôlé à l’insu de son propriétaire par un tiers distant, généralement à la suite d’une compromission de sécurité par un cheval de Troie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant les semaines qui viennent, nous allons donc marcher très lentement (les zombies ne courent pas !) en attendant de retrouver ces cerveaux qui nous manquent (« Braiiins »).
  2. Contrairement aux humains dont il faut éduquer et redresser les penchants barbares, les zombies réintroduisent une barbarie pure et totale que les épisodes les plus sombres de l’humanité ne parviennent même pas à égaler. Le zombie est une forme humaine qu’on ne peut traiter humainement. Face aux zombies, la défense de la civilisation devient une guerre to…

This word in other languages

zombie(English)zombi(Español)Zombie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ozmbie
  • zmobie
  • zobmie
  • zombbie
  • zombei
  • zomibe
  • zommbie
  • zzombie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zombie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ozmbie2zmobie2zobmie2zombbie1zombei2zomibe2zommbie1zzombie1
Edit distance from "zombie"

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 "zombie"?
"zombie" is spelled Z-O-M-B-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \zɔ̃.bi\.
What does "zombie" mean?
As a noun, "zombie" means: Revenant, mort qui marche ; cadavre victime d’un sortilège vaudou aux Antilles.
What words are commonly confused with "zombie"?
"zombie" is commonly confused with "zombies", "Zambie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zombie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zombie" is \zɔ̃.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zombie" come from?
"zombie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

épique#12,289vanter#12,277ailier#12,299algues#12,301

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

atomes8 variantsaucuns8 variantsAustin8 variantsbagage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list