adorable

\a.dɔ.ʁabl\

/\a.dɔ.ʁabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“adorable” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,263
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est digne d’être adoré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adorable · adorable · French

adorable · rank #6,263 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,263
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH étiquette

Nearest frequency peer: étiquette (-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 « adorable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « adorable » 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).

adorable vs adorables
89% similar
adorable vs abordable
78% similar
adorable vs admirable
78% similar

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

Key facts for adorable
PropertyValue
Headwordadorable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.dɔ.ʁabl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,263
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adorable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.adorablese 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 « étiquette » (#6,262), « Alexis » (#6,264), « éloigner » (#6,261). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adorable » est au #6,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around adorable (IPA \a.dɔ.ʁabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,263 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for adorable, with forms such as "addorable", "adoarble", and "adorabble". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "adorables", "abordable", "admirable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is adorable, spelled A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est digne d’être adoré.
  2. 2
    Qui est digne d’un grand amour, d’une grande amitié.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieu seul est adorable.
  2. Les mystères de la religion sont adorables.

This word in other languages

adorable(English)adorable(Español)anbetenswert(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addorable
  • adoarble
  • adorabble
  • adorabel
  • adorablle
  • adoralbe
  • adorbale
  • adorrable
  • adroable
  • aodrable
  • daorable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addorable1adoarble2adorabble1adorabel2adorablle1adoralbe2adorbale2adorrable1
Edit distance from "adorable"

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 "adorable"?
"adorable" is spelled A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dɔ.ʁabl\.
What does "adorable" mean?
As an adjective, "adorable" means: Qui est digne d’être adoré.
What words are commonly confused with "adorable"?
"adorable" is commonly confused with "adorables", "abordable", "admirable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adorable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adorable" is \a.dɔ.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adorable" come from?
"adorable" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éloigner#6,261changera#6,273transmis#6,250symboles#6,245

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

étiquette11 variantsserment11 variantsdéfendu11 variantsgrandir11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list