étirable
\e.tiʁ.abl\
The verdict
“étirable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’on peut étirer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etirable · étirable · French
étirable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étirable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.tiʁ.abl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
étirable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.tiʁ.abl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que l’on peut étirer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for étirable in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 étirable, spelled É-T-I-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Que l’on peut étirer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how étirable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce film polyéthylène pour l'emballage est rétractable et étirable.
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