pénétrable
\pe.ne.tʁabl\
The verdict
“pénétrable” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que l’on peut pénétrer, où l’on peut pénétrer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pénétrable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.ne.tʁabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pénétrable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pénétrable is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pe.ne.tʁabl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que l’on peut pénétrer, où l’on peut pénétrer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pénétrable in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pénétrable, spelled P-É-N-É-T-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Que l’on peut pénétrer, où l’on peut pénétrer.
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.
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Using “pénétrable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-É-N-É-T-R-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pe.ne.tʁabl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.