pilotable
\pi.lɔ.tabl\
The verdict
“pilotable” is uncommon French (frequency #99,478 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,478
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut se piloter, dirigeable, navigable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pilotable · pilotable · French
pilotable · rank #99,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,478
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH phylactère
Nearest frequency peer: phylactère (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pilotable »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pesce
pesce
527 corpus weight
- peuchère
peuchère
526 corpus weight
- phylactère
phylactère
524 corpus weight
- pilotable
pilotable
523 corpus weight
- pimente
pimente
522 corpus weight
- piquaient
piquaient
520 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pilotable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pilotable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pi.lɔ.tabl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pilotable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pilotable is uncommon French at frequency #99,478 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pi.lɔ.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pilotable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pilotable, spelled P-I-L-O-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui peut se piloter, dirigeable, navigable.
- 2Qualifie une source d’énergie que l’on activer ou désactiver à la demande.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pilotable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans un autre domaine, sera présenté un "drone de contact léger", engin d'un poids de 600 grammes avec 200 grammes de capacité d'emport, d'une autonomie de 20 minutes, pilotable par télécommande ou grâce à la programmation de points GPS.
Résistant à la pluie (IPX4), livrés avec sept paires d’embouts, ces écouteurs sont pilotables depuis des commandes tactiles, tandis qu’une application avec un généreux égaliseur à cinq bandes affine l’écoute.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).