décidable
\de.si.dabl\
The verdict
“décidable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont on peut décider l’existence, les propriétés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decidable · décidable · French
décidable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décidable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.si.dabl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décidable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décidable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.si.dabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
décidable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is décidable, spelled D-É-C-I-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Dont on peut décider l’existence, les propriétés.
- 2Que l'on peut résoudre par un algorithme donné avec un nombre fini d'étapes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how décidable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une proposition, un énoncé, sont dits décidables dans une théorie axiomatique, si on peut les démontrer ou en démontrer la négation dans le cadre de cette théorie.
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