capables

\ka.pabl\

/\ka.pabl\/ adj

The verdict

“capables” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,443
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de capable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capables · capables · French

capables · rank #3,443 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,443
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cadres

Nearest frequency peer: cadres (-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 « capables »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « capables » 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).

capables vs capsules
75% similar
capables vs coupables
78% similar
capables vs capable
88% similar

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

Key facts for capables
PropertyValue
Headwordcapables
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.pabl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,443
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « capables »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.capablesse 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 « cadres » (#3,442), « charme » (#3,444), « cadeaux » (#3,441). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capables » est au #3,443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around capables (IPA \ka.pabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,443 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de capable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for capables, with forms such as "acpables", "caapbles", and "capabbles". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "capsules", "coupables", "capable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is capables, spelled C-A-P-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de capable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le virus myxomateux (VM) est un poxvirus à spectre d’hôte très étroit, agent de la myxomatose du lapin européen, il code pour de nombreux facteurs de pathogénicité, capables de moduler la réponse de l’hôte.
  2. Jene connais d'autres organismes qui soient capables d'une telle ouverture

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acpables
  • caapbles
  • capabbles
  • capabels
  • capabless
  • capablles
  • capablse
  • capalbes
  • capbales
  • cappables
  • ccapables
  • cpaables

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acpables2caapbles2capabbles1capabels2capabless1capablles1capablse2capalbes2
Edit distance from "capables"

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 "capables"?
"capables" is spelled C-A-P-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.pabl\.
What does "capables" mean?
As an adjective, "capables" means: Pluriel de capable.
What words are commonly confused with "capables"?
"capables" is commonly confused with "capsules", "coupables", "capable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "capables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capables" is \ka.pabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capables" come from?
"capables" 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 "capables", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list