pitoyable

\pi.twa.jabl\

/\pi.twa.jabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“pitoyable” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,656. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,656
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est naturellement enclin à la pitié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pitoyable · pitoyable · French

pitoyable · rank #13,656 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,656
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pertinente

Nearest frequency peer: pertinente (-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 « pitoyable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pitoyable » 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).

pitoyable vs pitoyables
90% similar

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

Key facts for pitoyable
PropertyValue
Headwordpitoyable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pi.twa.jabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,656
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pitoyable »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pertinente » (#13,655), « Pitt » (#13,657), « perde » (#13,654). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pitoyable » est au #13,656. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pitoyable (IPA \pi.twa.jabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,656 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pitoyable, with forms such as "iptoyable", "piotyable", and "pitoayble". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pitoyables", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pitoyable, spelled P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est naturellement enclin à la pitié.
  2. 2
    Qui excite la pitié.
  3. 3
    Qui inspire une pitié méprisante, qui est mauvais dans son genre, qui est digne de mépris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] je dis que tout prince doit désirer d’être tenu pour pitoyable et non pour cruel : cependant il doit prendre garde de ne point mal user de cette pitié.
  2. […], Jacques examina ses malades, pitoyable devant toute cette misère, toute cette souffrance qu’il devait adoucir.

This word in other languages

piteous(English)lastimoso(Español)lamentável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iptoyable
  • piotyable
  • pitoayble
  • pitoyabble
  • pitoyabel
  • pitoyablle
  • pitoyalbe
  • pitoybale
  • pitoyyable
  • pittoyable
  • pityoable
  • ppitoyable
  • ptioyable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pitoyable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iptoyable2piotyable2pitoayble2pitoyabble1pitoyabel2pitoyablle1pitoyalbe2pitoybale2
Edit distance from "pitoyable"

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 "pitoyable"?
"pitoyable" is spelled P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.twa.jabl\.
What does "pitoyable" mean?
As an adjective, "pitoyable" means: Qui est naturellement enclin à la pitié.
What words are commonly confused with "pitoyable"?
"pitoyable" is commonly confused with "pitoyables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pitoyable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pitoyable" is \pi.twa.jabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pitoyable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passaient#13,651parcelles#13,650prendrais#13,665nombreuse#13,646

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

propreté13 variantspâtisserie13 variantsmontaigne13 variantsrestants13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list