déclinable

\de.kli.nabl\

/\de.kli.nabl\/ adj

The verdict

“déclinable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être décliné,

Corpus desk

Index FR-declinable · déclinable · French

déclinable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 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.

Key facts for déclinable
PropertyValue
Headworddéclinable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.kli.nabl\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déclinable » en français

déclinablesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déclinable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.kli.nabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for déclinable, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déclinable, spelled D-É-C-L-I-N-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut être décliné,
  2. 2
    Qui peut être décliné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D. Quand les participes passifs sont déclinables , à quoi les fait-on, accorder ? R. On les fait accorder ou avec un nom substantif, ou avec le nominatif du verbe, ou avec le régime absolu du verbe.
  2. Ce que l’on retient surtout de ces évolutions, en dehors des enjeux linguistiques (suprématie de l’anglais dans le numérique) et économiques (apparition de nouveaux acteurs dans l’édition issus de l’informatique), c’est que désormais les livres et leur contenu sont déclinables et personnalisables en fonction des choix du lecteur.

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déclinable"?
"déclinable" is spelled D-É-C-L-I-N-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.kli.nabl\.
What does "déclinable" mean?
As an adjective, "déclinable" means: Qui peut être décliné,
How do you pronounce "déclinable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déclinable" is \de.kli.nabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déclinable" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list