lamentable
\la.mɑ̃.tabl\
The verdict
“lamentable” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,828. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,828
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est déplorable ; à propos de quoi on se lamente ou on aurait sujet de se lamenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lamentable · lamentable · French
lamentable · rank #13,828 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,828
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lancées
Nearest frequency peer: lancées (+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 « lamentable »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Klaus
Klaus
86,176 corpus weight
- Lacroix
Lacroix
86,175 corpus weight
- lamentable
lamentable
86,173 corpus weight
- lancées
lancées
86,172 corpus weight
- lotus
lotus
86,171 corpus weight
- législateur
législateur
86,170 corpus weight
What this shows « lamentable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | lamentable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \la.mɑ̃.tabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lamentable »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around lamentable (IPA \la.mɑ̃.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,828 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for lamentable, with forms such as "almentable", "laemntable", and "lamenatble". 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, "lamentables", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lamentable, spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est déplorable ; à propos de quoi on se lamente ou on aurait sujet de se lamenter.
- 2Qui inspire la pitié.
- 3Qui est très médiocre.
- 4Qui tient de la lamentation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lamentable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Katana ne se trouve pas si loin de Bukavu, mais vu l’état lamentable des routes, c’est quand même une mini-aventure que de s’y rendre.
Et il ajusta le chien, le pauvre chien, le lamentable chien qui avait délaissé son os, […] ; les femmes se bouchaient les oreilles pour ne pas entendre la détonation ; […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- almentable
- laemntable
- lamenatble
- lamenntable
- lamentabble
- lamentabel
- lamentablle
- lamentalbe
- lamentbale
- lamenttable
- lametnable
- lammentable
- lamnetable
- llamentable
- lmaentable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lamentable - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "lamentable"?
What does "lamentable" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "lamentable"?
How do you pronounce "lamentable"?
What language does "lamentable" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lamentable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).