mobile

\mɔ.bil\

/\mɔ.bil\/ adj

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The verdict

“mobile” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,089
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se meut ou qui peut être mû ; qui n’est pas fixe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mobile · mobile · French

mobile · rank #2,089 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,089
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mettent

Nearest frequency peer: mettent (-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 « mobile »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mobile » 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).

mobile vs mole
67% similar
mobile vs moine
67% similar
mobile vs moule
67% similar

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

Key facts for mobile
PropertyValue
Headwordmobile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ.bil\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,089
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mobile »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mettent » (#2,088), « mouvements » (#2,090), « menace » (#2,087). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mobile » est au #2,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around mobile (IPA \mɔ.bil\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,089 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for mobile, with forms such as "mboile", "mmobile", and "mobbile". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mole", "moine", "moule", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mobile, spelled M-O-B-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se meut ou qui peut être mû ; qui n’est pas fixe.
  2. 2
    Qui change facilement.
  3. 3
    Conçu pour les appareils mobiles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un petit levier, qui jusqu’ici s’obstinait à ne pas fonctionner, était devenu mobile. Il le poussa doucement vers la droite : l’aile gauche modifia mystérieusement sa bordure extrême […].
  2. Le o haka mairi est un devoir filial important pour les japonais. Cependant, aujourd’hui, ces derniers sont plus mobiles qu’auparavant et ne vivent plus forcément dans leur ville natale. Revenir sur les tombes de leurs ancêtres peut s’avérer difficile, voire impossible s’ils vivent à l’étranger, et cela peut revenir très cher.

Synonyms

déplaçable

This word in other languages

mobile(English)movedizo(Español)veränderlich(Deutsch)móvel(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mboile
  • mmobile
  • mobbile
  • mobiel
  • mobille
  • moblie
  • moible
  • ombile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mboile2mmobile1mobbile1mobiel2mobille1moblie2moible2ombile2
Edit distance from "mobile"

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 "mobile"?
"mobile" is spelled M-O-B-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.bil\.
What does "mobile" mean?
As an adjective, "mobile" means: Qui se meut ou qui peut être mû ; qui n’est pas fixe.
What words are commonly confused with "mobile"?
"mobile" is commonly confused with "mole", "moine", "moule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mobile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mobile" is \mɔ.bil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mobile" come from?
"mobile" 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 "mobile", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

menace#2,087locale#2,086orange#2,092climat#2,070

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

occuper8 variantsreconnu8 variantsblessé8 variantsDaniel8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list