horrible

\ɔ.ʁibl\

/\ɔ.ʁibl\/ adj

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The verdict

“horrible” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,264
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait horreur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-horrible · horrible · French

horrible · rank #3,264 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,264
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH guy

Nearest frequency peer: guy (-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 « horrible »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « horrible » 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).

horrible vs horribles
89% similar

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

Key facts for horrible
PropertyValue
Headwordhorrible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.ʁibl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,264
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « horrible »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).horriblese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « guy » (#3,263), « humeur » (#3,265), « fruit » (#3,262). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « horrible » est au #3,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around horrible (IPA \ɔ.ʁibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,264 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for horrible, with forms such as "hhorrible", "horible", and "horirble". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "horribles", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 horrible, spelled H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fait horreur.
  2. 2
    Qui est extrême ou excessif, en parlant de certaines choses, mauvaises ou bonnes, qui excèdent les bornes ordinaires.
  3. 3
    Très mauvais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La lutte de la police générale du royaume et de la contre-police du roi engendra d'horribles affaires dont le secret a été gardé par quelques échafauds.
  2. Il est de croyance générale et ancienne, tant au Brésil qu'en Vénézuéla que les individus atteints de morphée se guérissent radicalement de cette horrible maladie, lorsqu'ils sont mordus par un serpent venimeux.

This word in other languages

horrible(English)horroroso(Español)grässlich(Deutsch)horrível(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhorrible
  • horible
  • horirble
  • horrbile
  • horribble
  • horribel
  • horriblle
  • horrilbe
  • hrorible
  • ohrrible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horrible - 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.

hhorrible1horible1horirble2horrbile2horribble1horribel2horriblle1horrilbe2
Edit distance from "horrible"

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 "horrible"?
"horrible" is spelled H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁibl\.
What does "horrible" mean?
As an adjective, "horrible" means: Qui fait horreur.
What words are commonly confused with "horrible"?
"horrible" is commonly confused with "horribles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "horrible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horrible" is \ɔ.ʁibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horrible" come from?
"horrible" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

existent#3,255maintien#3,273maîtrise#3,276devaient#3,249

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

malades10 variantsespaces10 variantspublier10 variantsréalise10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list