palpable

\pal.pabl\

/\pal.pabl\/ adj

The verdict

“palpable” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,961
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on peut palper, qui se fait sentir au toucher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-palpable · palpable · French

palpable · rank #22,961 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,961
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH organisait

Nearest frequency peer: organisait (-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 « palpable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « palpable » 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).

palpable vs papale
75% similar
palpable vs payable
75% similar
palpable vs passable
75% similar

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

Key facts for palpable
PropertyValue
Headwordpalpable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pal.pabl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,961
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « palpable »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « organisait » (#22,960), « parfaire » (#22,962), « OMG » (#22,959). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « palpable » est au #22,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around palpable (IPA \pal.pabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,961 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for palpable, with forms such as "aplpable", "palapble", and "pallpable". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "papale", "payable", "passable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is palpable, spelled P-A-L-P-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qu’on peut palper, qui se fait sentir au toucher.
  2. 2
    Qui est clair, dont on peut se rendre compte, dont on touche du doigt la réalité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les trigger points sont des zones ultracompactes ou des bandes hypercontractées nodulaires au sein du muscle et sont palpables.
  2. Alors, je voulus m’assurer s’il y avait quelque chose de réel et surtout de palpable dans cette apparition.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aplpable
  • palapble
  • pallpable
  • palpabble
  • palpabel
  • palpablle
  • palpalbe
  • palpbale
  • palppable
  • paplable
  • plapable
  • ppalpable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palpable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aplpable2palapble2pallpable1palpabble1palpabel2palpablle1palpalbe2palpbale2
Edit distance from "palpable"

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 "palpable"?
"palpable" is spelled P-A-L-P-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pal.pabl\.
What does "palpable" mean?
As an adjective, "palpable" means: Qu’on peut palper, qui se fait sentir au toucher.
What words are commonly confused with "palpable"?
"palpable" is commonly confused with "papale", "payable", "passable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "palpable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palpable" is \pal.pabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palpable" come from?
"palpable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list