adaptable

\a.dap.tabl\

/\a.dap.tabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“adaptable” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,894
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être adapté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adaptable · adaptable · French

adaptable · rank #48,894 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,894
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aciérie

Nearest frequency peer: aciérie (-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 « adaptable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « adaptable » 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
Key facts for adaptable
PropertyValue
Headwordadaptable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.dap.tabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,894
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adaptable »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aciérie » (#48,893), « adoptions » (#48,895), « accoutumance » (#48,892). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adaptable » est au #48,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around adaptable (IPA \a.dap.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,894 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui peut être adapté.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for adaptable, with forms such as "aadptable", "adapatble", and "adapptable". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is adaptable, spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut être adapté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Zara a copié des défilés, H&M et Uniqlo ont multiplié les collaborations, et les consommateurs découvert des vestiaires adaptables à toutes les silhouettes de mode et à bas prix.
  2. Pour se rapprocher au plus près de la cinématique individuelle du patient, Hanau propose, en 1921, le Kinoscope, premier articulateur totalement adaptable.

Synonyms

applicableflexible

This word in other languages

adaptable(English)adaptable(Español)anpassbar(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aadptable
  • adapatble
  • adapptable
  • adaptabble
  • adaptabel
  • adaptablle
  • adaptalbe
  • adaptbale
  • adapttable
  • adatpable
  • addaptable
  • adpatable
  • daaptable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aadptable2adapatble2adapptable1adaptabble1adaptabel2adaptablle1adaptalbe2adaptbale2
Edit distance from "adaptable"

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 "adaptable"?
"adaptable" is spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dap.tabl\.
What does "adaptable" mean?
As an adjective, "adaptable" means: Qui peut être adapté.
What are common misspellings of "adaptable"?
Common misspellings include "aadptable", "adapatble", "adapptable", "adaptabble", "adaptabel". The correct spelling is "adaptable".
How do you pronounce "adaptable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adaptable" is \a.dap.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adaptable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adoptions#48,895adoraient#48,896étirement#48,880analysons#48,910

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

éprouvette13 variantsépargnez13 variantsénumérées13 variantsautruches13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list