capable
\ka.pabl\
The verdict
“capable” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,222. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,222
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est en état de faire une chose ; qui a la capacité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-capable · capable · French
capable · rank #1,222 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,222
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH blanche
Nearest frequency peer: blanche (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “capable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Amérique
Amérique
98,782 corpus weight
- Angleterre
Angleterre
98,781 corpus weight
- blanche
blanche
98,780 corpus weight
- capable
capable
98,779 corpus weight
- cité
cité
98,777 corpus weight
- clients
clients
98,776 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “capable” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.pabl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “capable” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around capable (IPA \ka.pabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,222 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for capable, with forms such as "acpable", "caapble", and "capabble". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
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 capable, spelled C-A-P-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est en état de faire une chose ; qui a la capacité.
- 2Qui détient le droit ; qui jouit de la capacité légale.
- 3Habile, intelligent.
- 4Qualifiait les choses considérées par rapport à leur capacité intérieure.
- 5Qualifie ce qu’une personne peut faire ou ne pas faire selon ses sentiments, ses possibilités.
- 6Qualifie une personne ou une chose excellente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Passez-moi l’expression, ça a jammé dans le coude, M. le Président. Ils ne sont plus capables de le sortir du ministère, ce règlement-là, il n'y a personne qui veut le voir.
Mais il a vu, aussi, quelle force mentale habite le Maillot jaune, décramponné de deux longueurs, mais capable, sur les dix derniers mètres, de venir dompter son assaillant à l’arraché.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acpable
- caapble
- capabble
- capabel
- capablle
- capalbe
- capbale
- cappable
- ccapable
- cpaable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of capable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "capable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "capable". Here's where to go from here.
- "capable" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cavale". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,222 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.