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explicable

French, adjective/ɛk.spli.kabl/

explicable is spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Explicable is a French adjective meaning “explicable, explainable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui peut être expliqué”.

What does explicable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    explicable, explainable

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui peut être expliqué.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of explicable

  • explicables plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce explicable?

  • /ɛk.spli.kabl/
  • \ɛk.spli.kabl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to explicable

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is explicable in French?

explicable appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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