perfectible

Name: perfectible, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl\

/\pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“perfectible” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,848
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est susceptible d’être perfectionné ou de se perfectionner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-perfectible · perfectible · French

perfectible · rank #49,848 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #49,848
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH peep

Nearest frequency peer: peep (-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.

paroissiales

50,156
pastèques

50,155
peep

50,154
perfectible

50,153
pernod

50,152
perverses

50,151

What this shows « perfectible » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

perfectible vs perceptible

82% similar

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

Key facts for perfectible
Property	Value
Headword	perfectible
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#49,848
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perfectible »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).perfectiblese place ici:

#49,848

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « peep » (#49,847), « pernod » (#49,849), « pastèques » (#49,846). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « perfectible » est au #49,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around perfectible (IPA \pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,848 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for perfectible, with forms such as "eprfectible", "pefrectible", and "perefctible". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "perceptible", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is perfectible, spelled P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-B-L-E.

Definition

1
Qui est susceptible d’être perfectionné ou de se perfectionner.
2
Qui est susceptible d'améliorations, d'amendements, de corrections.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

L’homme est de sa nature un être perfectible.
Comment pourrait-on t’aimer, car tu n’es même pas une personne, une créature définie, imparfaite, mais du moins perfectible. Tu es une eau informe qui coule selon la pente qu’on lui offre, un poisson sans mémoire et sans réflexion qui tant qu’il vivra dans son aquarium se heurtera cent fois par jour contre le vitrage qu’il continuera à prendre pour de l’eau.

Antonyms

imperfectible

This word in other languages

perfectible(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eprfectible
pefrectible
perefctible
perfcetible
perfecctible
perfecitble
perfectbile
perfectibble
perfectibel
perfectiblle
perfectilbe
perfecttible
perfetcible
perffectible
perrfectible
pperfectible
prefectible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perfectible - 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.

Edit distance from "perfectible"

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 "perfectible"?

"perfectible" is spelled P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl\.

What does "perfectible" mean?

As an adjective, "perfectible" means: Qui est susceptible d’être perfectionné ou de se perfectionner.

What words are commonly confused with "perfectible"?

"perfectible" is commonly confused with "perceptible". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "perfectible"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perfectible" is \pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "perfectible" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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