modifiable

\mɔ.di.fjabl\

/\mɔ.di.fjabl\/ adj

The verdict

“modifiable” is uncommon French (frequency #58,764 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,764
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être modifié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-modifiable · modifiable · French

modifiable · rank #58,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,764
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mite

Nearest frequency peer: mite (-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 « modifiable »

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 « modifiable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for modifiable
PropertyValue
Headwordmodifiable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ.di.fjabl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,764
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « modifiable » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).modifiabletombe 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: « mite » (#58,763), « Mojave » (#58,765), « mirepoix » (#58,762). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « modifiable » est au #58,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

modifiable is uncommon French at frequency #58,764 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔ.di.fjabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui peut être modifié.".

Zero misspellings are on record for modifiable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 modifiable, spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut être modifié.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La bonne nouvelle est que certains d'entre eux sont modifiables, et en modifiant leurs comportements les femmes peuvent modifier leur risque», a commenté à l'Agence France-Presse la Dre Jane Green, coauteure de l'étude.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "modifiable"?
"modifiable" is spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.di.fjabl\.
What does "modifiable" mean?
As an adjective, "modifiable" means: Qui peut être modifié.
How do you pronounce "modifiable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modifiable" is \mɔ.di.fjabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list