favorable
\fa.vɔ.ʁabl\
The verdict
“favorable” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,072 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,072
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui marque une bienveillante attention ou une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | favorable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fa.vɔ.ʁabl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “favorable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for favorable is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fa.vɔ.ʁabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,072 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Qui marque une bienveillante attention ou une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un.
- 2Qui est avantageux et tel qu’on le désire pour la fin qu’on se propose.
- 3Qui est à l’avantage de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “favorable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-A-V-O-R-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fa.vɔ.ʁabl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “favorables” - see the side-by-side comparison. favorable vs favorables
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.