mutable

\my.tabl\

/\my.tabl\/ adj

The verdict

“mutable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’on peut muter ou permuter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mutable · mutable · French

mutable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for mutable
PropertyValue
Headwordmutable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\my.tabl\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mutable » en français

mutablesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mutable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \my.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mutable, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mutable, spelled M-U-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que l’on peut muter ou permuter.
  2. 2
    Se dit des types de variable qui peuvent changer pendant l’exécution du programme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette réévaluation n’est nécessaire que dans la mesure où ce dispositif est mutable dans le cadre du mécanisme de mutation décrit par l’algorithme.
  2. La mutation est au centre de cette version de notre programme : sum est une variable mutable c’est-à-dire qui peut changer tout au long de l’exécution du programme.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mutable"?
"mutable" is spelled M-U-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \my.tabl\.
What does "mutable" mean?
As an adjective, "mutable" means: Que l’on peut muter ou permuter.
How do you pronounce "mutable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mutable" is \my.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mutable" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list