défendable
\de.fɑ̃.dabl\
The verdict
“défendable” is uncommon French (frequency #53,915 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,915
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être défendu contre une agression.
Corpus desk
Index FR-defendable · défendable · French
défendable · rank #53,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,915
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH découvraient
Nearest frequency peer: découvraient (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « défendable »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déclenchera
déclenchera
46,089 corpus weight
- déclencheurs
déclencheurs
46,088 corpus weight
- découvraient
découvraient
46,087 corpus weight
- défendable
défendable
46,086 corpus weight
- dégénèrent
dégénèrent
46,084 corpus weight
- démesurés
démesurés
46,083 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « défendable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | défendable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.fɑ̃.dabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « défendable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
défendable is uncommon French at frequency #53,915 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.fɑ̃.dabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for défendable in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is défendable, spelled D-É-F-E-N-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui peut être défendu contre une agression.
- 2Qui peut être soutenu, justifiable, soutenable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how défendable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’Empire romain, qui s’étendait des sables d'Arabie jusqu'aux neiges d'Écosse, fut constamment à la recherche de frontières défendables.
L'opinion, la thèse que vous soutenez est défendable.
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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.
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