fiable

/\fjabl\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,297

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

fiable is anFrenchadj. It means: À qui ou auquel on peut se fier. Pronounced \fjabl\. It ranks #6,297 in French word frequency. Often confused with file and fille.

Key facts for fiable
PropertyValue
Headwordfiable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\fjabl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,297
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fiable in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for fiable is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fjabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,297 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "À qui ou auquel on peut se fier.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for fiable, with forms such as "ffiable", "fiabble", and "fiabel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "file", "fille", "fibre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is fiable, spelled F-I-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    À qui ou auquel on peut se fier.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffiable,fiabble,fiabel,fiablle,fialbe,fibale,ifable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fiable

Misspelling Variants of "fiable"

ffiable7fiabble7fiabel6fiablle7fialbe6fibale6ifable6
Misspelling Variants of "fiable"

Frequency rank: #6,297 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fiable"?
"fiable" is spelled F-I-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fjabl\.
What does "fiable" mean?
As an adj, "fiable" means: À qui ou auquel on peut se fier.
What words are commonly confused with "fiable"?
"fiable" is commonly confused with "file", "fille", "fibre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fiable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fiable" is \fjabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fiable" come from?
"fiable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.