fables

\fabl\

/\fabl\/ noun

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The verdict

“fables” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,620
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fables · fables · French

fables · rank #21,620 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,620
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH exposants

Nearest frequency peer: exposants (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fables »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fables » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fables vs faces
67% similar
fables vs files
67% similar
fables vs fabre
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fables
PropertyValue
Headwordfables
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fabl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,620
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fables »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fablesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exposants » (#21,619), « facho » (#21,621), « exigeante » (#21,618). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fables » est au #21,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fables (IPA \fabl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,620 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de fable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fables, with forms such as "afbles", "fabbles", and "fabels". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "faces", "files", "fabre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fables, spelled F-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les inventeurs et paraphraseurs de fables se trouvent autorisés à critiquer la fable musicale, même s’ils ne possèdent pas la pleine connaissance du procédé harmonique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afbles
  • fabbles
  • fabels
  • fabless
  • fablles
  • fablse
  • falbes
  • fbales
  • ffables

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fables - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

afbles2fabbles1fabels2fabless1fablles1fablse2falbes2fbales2
Edit distance from "fables"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fables"?
"fables" is spelled F-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fabl\.
What does "fables" mean?
As a noun, "fables" means: Pluriel de fable.
What words are commonly confused with "fables"?
"fables" is commonly confused with "faces", "files", "fabre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fables" is \fabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fables" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fables", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exacts#21,616endort#21,612forget#21,629dîners#21,608

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

eugénie9 variantsgorgée9 variantsdevras9 variantshérite9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list