confortable

\kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tabl\

/\kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tabl\/ adj

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“confortable” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,485
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui présente, qui procure du confort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-confortable · confortable · French

confortable · rank #6,485 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,485
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concentre

Nearest frequency peer: concentre (-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 « confortable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « confortable » 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).

confortable vs confortables
92% similar

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

Key facts for confortable
PropertyValue
Headwordconfortable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,485
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « confortable »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).confortablese 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 « concentre » (#6,484), « coordonnées » (#6,486), « comptant » (#6,483). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « confortable » est au #6,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around confortable (IPA \kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,485 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for confortable, with forms such as "cconfortable", "cnofortable", and "cofnortable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "confortables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is confortable, spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui présente, qui procure du confort.
  2. 2
    Qui est installé confortablement, à son aise.
  3. 3
    De grande ampleur, de vaste étendue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aussi lorsque mon conducteur me voit apparaître, chaudement emmitouflée dans ma veste de ragondin et chaussée de confortables après-skis bien fourrés, il applaudit : — Vous avez l'air d'une vraie Canadienne.
  2. Elle lui avait dit : « Vous n’êtes pas confortable comme cela, attendez, moi je vais bien vous arranger »

Antonyms

inconfortable

This word in other languages

comfortable(English)bequem(Deutsch)confortável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfortable
  • cnofortable
  • cofnortable
  • conffortable
  • conforatble
  • conforrtable
  • confortabble
  • confortabel
  • confortablle
  • confortalbe
  • confortbale
  • conforttable
  • confotrable
  • confrotable
  • connfortable
  • conofrtable
  • ocnfortable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confortable - 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.

cconfortable1cnofortable2cofnortable2conffortable1conforatble2conforrtable1confortabble1confortabel2
Edit distance from "confortable"

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 "confortable"?
"confortable" is spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tabl\.
What does "confortable" mean?
As an adjective, "confortable" means: Qui présente, qui procure du confort.
What words are commonly confused with "confortable"?
"confortable" is commonly confused with "confortables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confortable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confortable" is \kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confortable" come from?
"confortable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coordonnées#6,486ferroviaire#6,505élaboration#6,452officielles#6,535

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

localisation17 variantsAfghanistan17 variantsadolescents17 variantsappartements17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list