honorable

\ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\

/\ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“honorable” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,861
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait honneur ; qui attire de l’honneur et du respect.

Corpus desk

Index FR-honorable · honorable · French

honorable · rank #8,861 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,861
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH grammes

Nearest frequency peer: grammes (-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 « honorable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « honorable » 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).

honorable vs honoraire
78% similar
honorable vs honorables
90% similar

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

Key facts for honorable
PropertyValue
Headwordhonorable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,861
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « honorable »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grammes » (#8,860), « illustrations » (#8,862), « grains » (#8,859). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « honorable » est au #8,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around honorable (IPA \ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,861 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for honorable, with forms such as "hhonorable", "hnoorable", and "honnorable". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "honoraire", "honorables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is honorable, spelled H-O-N-O-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fait honneur ; qui attire de l’honneur et du respect.
  2. 2
    Qui mérite d’être honoré, considéré.
  3. 3
    Qui est conforme à la bienséance.
  4. 4
    Qualifie celui ou celle qui vit honnêtement.
  5. 5
    Terme de civilité dans le langage parlementaire.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une fortune, pour indiquer sa situation moyenne, une aisance solide et bien assise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Or, plus la vie est facile, plus ces occupations sont fastidieuses, à moins d’appartenir à la secte des quakers-tourneurs, à l’honorable corps des charpentiers ou des empailleurs d’oiseaux.
  2. Je crois plutôt que Jules Favre voit la prochaine nécessité de capituler, et qu’il espère encore une paix honorable. Ce mot honorable, qui est dans toutes les bouches, est, comme dans toutes les circonstances où un mot prend le dessus sur les idées, celui qui a le moins de sens. Nous ne pouvons pas faire une paix qui nous déshonore après une guerre d’exte…

This word in other languages

honourable(English)ehrbar(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhonorable
  • hnoorable
  • honnorable
  • honoarble
  • honorabble
  • honorabel
  • honorablle
  • honoralbe
  • honorbale
  • honorrable
  • honroable
  • hoonrable
  • ohnorable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hhonorable1hnoorable2honnorable1honoarble2honorabble1honorabel2honorablle1honoralbe2
Edit distance from "honorable"

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 "honorable"?
"honorable" is spelled H-O-N-O-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\.
What does "honorable" mean?
As an adjective, "honorable" means: Qui fait honneur ; qui attire de l’honneur et du respect.
What words are commonly confused with "honorable"?
"honorable" is commonly confused with "honoraire", "honorables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "honorable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "honorable" is \ɔ.nɔ.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "honorable" come from?
"honorable" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Geneviève#8,858exclusive#8,848détourner#8,842manipuler#8,881

Similar misspelling depth

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

intéressée13 variantsmarchent13 variantsconfession13 variantsproduites13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list