sable
[ˈsaβ̞le]
The verdict
“sable” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,811
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espada curva de un solo filo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sable · sable · Spanish
sable · rank #17,811 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,811
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH rotundo
Nearest frequency peer: rotundo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- retrasar
retrasar
82,193 corpus weight
- revisada
revisada
82,192 corpus weight
- rotundo
rotundo
82,191 corpus weight
- sable
sable
82,190 corpus weight
- Saúl
Saúl
82,189 corpus weight
- sec
sec
82,188 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sable” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sable |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsaβ̞le] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sable” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sable (IPA [ˈsaβ̞le]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,811 among 34,953 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sable, with forms such as "asble", "sabble", and "sabel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sal", "sae", "sale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sable, spelled S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Espada curva de un solo filo.
- 2(Trichiuridae) Cualquiera de una cincuentena de especies de peces pelágicos, de cuerpo.
- 3(Regalecidae) Cualquiera de cuatro especies de peces lampriformes que habitan los mares templados y tropicales de todo el globo.
- 4Habilidad para la estafa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asble
- sabble
- sabel
- sablle
- sbale
- ssable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.