dubitable
\dy.bi.tabl\
The verdict
“dubitable” 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) - Qui est susceptible d’être mis en doute, dont on peut douter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dubitable · dubitable · French
dubitable · 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 | dubitable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dy.bi.tabl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dubitable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dy.bi.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est susceptible d’être mis en doute, dont on peut douter.".
dubitable has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dubitable, spelled D-U-B-I-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est susceptible d’être mis en doute, dont on peut douter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dubitable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que cette vision du monde ait suscité une représentation manichéenne de la vie politique en France, représentation excessive et souvent, injuste, ce n’est pas dubitable.
Husserl posait la chose transcendante comme essentiellement dubitable — car donnée inadéquatement et, donc, contingente — et le vécu comme essentiellement indubitable car donné adéquatement dans une perception immanente.
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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.