favorable

\fa.vɔ.ʁabl\

/\fa.vɔ.ʁabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“favorable” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,072. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,072
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui marque une bienveillante attention ou une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-favorable · favorable · French

favorable · rank #3,072 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,072
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH engager

Nearest frequency peer: engager (-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 « favorable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « favorable » 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).

favorable vs favorables
90% similar

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

Key facts for favorable
PropertyValue
Headwordfavorable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fa.vɔ.ʁabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,072
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « favorable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).favorablese 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 « engager » (#3,071), « feuille » (#3,073), « folle » (#3,074). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « favorable » est au #3,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around favorable (IPA \fa.vɔ.ʁabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,072 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for favorable, with forms such as "afvorable", "faovrable", and "favoarble". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "favorables", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is favorable, spelled F-A-V-O-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui marque une bienveillante attention ou une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Qui est avantageux et tel qu’on le désire pour la fin qu’on se propose.
  3. 3
    Qui est à l’avantage de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La tenue idéale pour un auto-stoppeur est le short blanc bien repassé, […]. La barbe, le collier et les moustaches ne bénéficient pas d'un préjugé favorable.
  2. Se rendre quelqu’un favorable.

Antonyms

défavorableinfavorable

This word in other languages

amenable(English)strafmildernd(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afvorable
  • faovrable
  • favoarble
  • favorabble
  • favorabel
  • favorablle
  • favoralbe
  • favorbale
  • favorrable
  • favroable
  • favvorable
  • ffavorable
  • fvaorable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of favorable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

afvorable2faovrable2favoarble2favorabble1favorabel2favorablle1favoralbe2favorbale2
Edit distance from "favorable"

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 "favorable"?
"favorable" is spelled F-A-V-O-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.vɔ.ʁabl\.
What does "favorable" mean?
As an adjective, "favorable" means: Qui marque une bienveillante attention ou une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "favorable"?
"favorable" is commonly confused with "favorables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "favorable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "favorable" is \fa.vɔ.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "favorable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

critères13 variantssignature13 variantsutilisant13 variantspositions13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list