miserabel
\mizəˈʁaːbl̩\
The verdict
“miserabel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Misérable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-miserabel · miserabel · French
miserabel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miserabel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mizəˈʁaːbl̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
miserabel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mizəˈʁaːbl̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for miserabel, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is miserabel, spelled M-I-S-E-R-A-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1Misérable.
- 2Pauvre.
- 3Minable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how miserabel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich konnte so nicht mehr leben, niemand von uns kann so leben, mit einem miserablen und prekären Job, in dem wir ständig unterbesetzt sind.
Die Küche wird immer miserabler.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.