capable

/\ka.pabl\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,222

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

capable is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est en état de faire une chose ; qui a la capacité. Pronounced \ka.pabl\. It ranks #1,222 in French word frequency. Often confused with cavale and capsule.

Key facts for capable
PropertyValue
Headwordcapable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ka.pabl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,222
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of capable in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for capable is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.pabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,222 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for capable, with forms such as "acpable", "caapble", and "capabble". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "cavale", "capsule", "coupable", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is capable, spelled C-A-P-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est en état de faire une chose ; qui a la capacité.
  2. 2
    Qui détient le droit ; qui jouit de la capacité légale.
  3. 3
    Habile, intelligent.
  4. 4
    Qualifiait les choses considérées par rapport à leur capacité intérieure.
  5. 5
    Qualifie ce qu’une personne peut faire ou ne pas faire selon ses sentiments, ses possibilités.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une personne ou une chose excellente.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acpable,caapble,capabble,capabel,capablle,capalbe,capbale,cappable,ccapable,cpaable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capable

Misspelling Variants of "capable"

acpable7caapble7capabble8capabel7capablle8capalbe7capbale7cappable8
Misspelling Variants of "capable"

Frequency rank: #1,222 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "capable"?
"capable" is spelled C-A-P-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pabl\.
What does "capable" mean?
As an adj, "capable" means: Qui est en état de faire une chose ; qui a la capacité.
What words are commonly confused with "capable"?
"capable" is commonly confused with "cavale", "capsule", "coupable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capable" is \ka.pabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capable" come from?
"capable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.