affable

\a.fabl\

/\a.fabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“affable” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,984. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,984
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne aimable et bienveillante à qui on peut parler (qui écoute et comprend).

Corpus desk

Index FR-affable · affable · French

affable · rank #45,984 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,984
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH admirant

Nearest frequency peer: admirant (-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 « affable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « affable » 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).

affable vs affamé
57% similar
affable vs affole
71% similar
affable vs affilé
57% similar

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

Key facts for affable
PropertyValue
Headwordaffable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.fabl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,984
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « affable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.affablese 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 « admirant » (#45,983), « afférentes » (#45,985), « acs » (#45,982). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affable » est au #45,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around affable (IPA \a.fabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,984 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personne aimable et bienveillante à qui on peut parler (qui écoute et comprend).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for affable, with forms such as "afable", "afafble", and "affabble". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "affamé", "affole", "affilé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is affable, spelled A-F-F-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne aimable et bienveillante à qui on peut parler (qui écoute et comprend).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était affable et triste. Le peuple disait : Voilà un homme riche qui n’a pas l’air fier. Voilà un homme heureux qui n’a pas l’air content.
  2. Il est d’un caractère doux et affable.

Synonyms

aimablegentilagréableavenantamèneengageantcomplaisantpolibienveillantcourtoisaccueillantobligeantsociableaccessiblebonbonhommebénincharmantcivildistinguédouxdélicatemprességracieuxhonnêtehospitalierliantpoliprévenantserviable

Antonyms

acariâtreabruptacideacrimonieuxaltieranguleuxarrogantbougonbourrubrusquebrutalcassantcinglantdésagréabledistantdurfiergrognonhautainimpolirébarbatifroguerude

This word in other languages

affable(English)afable(Español)freundlich(Deutsch)afável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afable
  • afafble
  • affabble
  • affabel
  • affablle
  • affalbe
  • affbale
  • fafable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

afable1afafble2affabble1affabel2affablle1affalbe2affbale2fafable2
Edit distance from "affable"

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 "affable"?
"affable" is spelled A-F-F-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fabl\.
What does "affable" mean?
As an adjective, "affable" means: Personne aimable et bienveillante à qui on peut parler (qui écoute et comprend).
What words are commonly confused with "affable"?
"affable" is commonly confused with "affamé", "affole", "affilé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "affable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affable" is \a.fabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affable" come from?
"affable" 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 "affable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

agrégée#45,987aguerri#45,988ambigus#45,991animera#45,993

Similar misspelling depth

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

vouées8 variantsvolage8 variantsbattles8 variantsbelette8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list