écoutable

\e.ku.tabl\

/\e.ku.tabl\/ adj

The verdict

“écoutable” 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 peut être écouté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecoutable · écoutable · French

écoutable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "É" 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 écoutable
PropertyValue
Headwordécoutable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.ku.tabl\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « écoutable » en français

écoutablen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

écoutable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.ku.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for écoutable, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is écoutable, spelled É-C-O-U-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut être écouté.
  2. 2
    Qui est digne d’être écouté.
  3. 3
    Dont la demande mérite d’être entendue.
  4. 4
    Qui mérite passablement d’être écouté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Créer un standard écoutable quel que soit le support (mobile, PC) ou le logiciel (iTunes, Windows Media Player…) utilisés. « Techniquement, c’est faisable, économiquement, c’est un autre problème », explique le SNEP […].
  2. Le 1ᵉʳ podcast du Repaire des Motards est donc désormais en ligne et disponible et écoutable sur Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Anchor, Podcast addict dans un premier temps et bientôt sur les autres plateformes de musique comme Deezer... en fonction des délais propres à chaque plate-forme.

This word in other languages

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 "écoutable"?
"écoutable" is spelled É-C-O-U-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ku.tabl\.
What does "écoutable" mean?
As an adjective, "écoutable" means: Qui peut être écouté.
How do you pronounce "écoutable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écoutable" is \e.ku.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écoutable" come from?
"écoutable" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list