absorbable
\ap.sɔʁ.babl\
The verdict
“absorbable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être absorbé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-absorbable · absorbable · French
absorbable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absorbable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ap.sɔʁ.babl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « absorbable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
absorbable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ap.sɔʁ.babl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui peut être absorbé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for absorbable, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 absorbable, spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui peut être absorbé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how absorbable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… si l’on fait digérer de l’alkali volatil sur du phosphore, on n’a que du gas alkalin, qui à la vérité retient une légère odeur phosphorique; mais il est absorbable en entier par l’eau, & n’est point inflammable.
Analyse d’un mélange de trois gaz, l’un absorbable par une dissolution de potasse caustique, et les deux autres non absorbables par cette dissolution.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.