notable

/\nɔ.tabl\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,586

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

notable is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est digne d’être signalé. Pronounced \nɔ.tabl\. It ranks #8,586 in French word frequency. Often confused with notaire and notables.

Key facts for notable
PropertyValue
Headwordnotable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\nɔ.tabl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,586
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of notable in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for notable is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔ.tabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,586 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for notable, with forms such as "nnotable", "noatble", and "notabble". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "notaire", "notables", "noble", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is notable, spelled N-O-T-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est digne d’être signalé.
  2. 2
    Qui se distingue des autres par son importance, par son autorité.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnotable,noatble,notabble,notabel,notablle,notalbe,notbale,nottable,ntoable,ontable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for notable

Misspelling Variants of "notable"

nnotable8noatble7notabble8notabel7notablle8notalbe7notbale7nottable8
Misspelling Variants of "notable"

Frequency rank: #8,586 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "notable"?
"notable" is spelled N-O-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.tabl\.
What does "notable" mean?
As an adj, "notable" means: Qui est digne d’être signalé.
What words are commonly confused with "notable"?
"notable" is commonly confused with "notaire", "notables", "noble". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "notable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notable" is \nɔ.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "notable" come from?
"notable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.