miserable

\mizəˈʁaːblə\

/\mizəˈʁaːblə\/ adj

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The verdict

“miserable” is uncommon French (frequency #87,850 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,850
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de miserabel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-miserable · miserable · French

miserable · rank #87,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,850
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH minoré

Nearest frequency peer: minoré (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « miserable »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « miserable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for miserable
PropertyValue
Headwordmiserable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mizəˈʁaːblə\
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,850
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « miserable » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.miserabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « minoré » (#87,849), « milites » (#87,848), « modulant » (#87,852). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « miserable » est au #87,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

miserable is uncommon French at frequency #87,850 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mizəˈʁaːblə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for miserable in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is miserable, spelled M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de miserabel.
  2. 2
    Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de miserabel.
  3. 3
    Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de miserabel.
  4. 4
    Accusatif neutre singulier de la déclinaison faible de miserabel.
  5. 5
    Accusatif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de miserabel.
  6. 6
    Nominatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de miserabel.
  7. 7
    Nominatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de miserabel.
  8. 8
    Nominatif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de miserabel.
  9. 9
    Nominatif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de miserabel.

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 "miserable"?
"miserable" is spelled M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mizəˈʁaːblə\.
What does "miserable" mean?
As an adjective, "miserable" means: Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de miserabel.
How do you pronounce "miserable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miserable" is \mizəˈʁaːblə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miserable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list