contribuable

/\kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,552

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

contribuable is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui, celle qui contribue aux charges publiques en payant des impôts et des taxes. Pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\. Often confused with contribuables.

Key facts for contribuable
PropertyValue
Headwordcontribuable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,552
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for contribuable is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,552 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Celui, celle qui contribue aux charges publiques en payant des impôts et des taxes.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for contribuable, with forms such as "ccontribuable", "cnotribuable", and "conntribuable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "contribuables", 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 contribuable, spelled C-O-N-T-R-I-B-U-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
    Celui, celle qui contribue aux charges publiques en payant des impôts et des taxes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontribuable,cnotribuable,conntribuable,conrtibuable,contirbuable,contrbiuable,contribauble,contribbuable,contribuabble,contribuabel,contribuablle,contribualbe,contribubale,contriubable,contrribuable,conttribuable,cotnribuable,ocntribuable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contribuable

Misspelling Variants of "contribuable"

ccontribuable13cnotribuable12conntribuable13conrtibuable12contirbuable12contrbiuable12contribauble12contribbuable13
Misspelling Variants of "contribuable"

Frequency rank: #11,552 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contribuable"?
"contribuable" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-I-B-U-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\.
What does "contribuable" mean?
As a noun, "contribuable" means: Celui, celle qui contribue aux charges publiques en payant des impôts et des taxes.
What words are commonly confused with "contribuable"?
"contribuable" is commonly confused with "contribuables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contribuable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contribuable" is \kɔ̃.tʁi.by.abl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contribuable" come from?
"contribuable" 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.