pitoyables

\pi.twa.jabl\

/\pi.twa.jabl\/ adj

The verdict

“pitoyables” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,424
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pitoyable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pitoyables · pitoyables · French

pitoyables · rank #40,424 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,424
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pipeau

Nearest frequency peer: pipeau (-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 « pitoyables »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pitoyables » 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).

pitoyables vs pitoyable
90% similar

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

Key facts for pitoyables
PropertyValue
Headwordpitoyables
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pi.twa.jabl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#40,424
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pitoyables »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pipeau » (#40,423), « pleuvent » (#40,425), « poi » (#40,426). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pitoyables » est au #40,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around pitoyables (IPA \pi.twa.jabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,424 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de pitoyable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for pitoyables, with forms such as "iptoyables", "piotyables", and "pitoaybles". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pitoyable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 pitoyables, spelled P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pitoyable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et si sa vocation s’accompagne d’un espoir ou d’un vœu, c’est de celui d’être tonique et de désavachir, quitte à les houspiller un peu, ses pitoyables contemporains.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iptoyables
  • piotyables
  • pitoaybles
  • pitoyabbles
  • pitoyabels
  • pitoyabless
  • pitoyablles
  • pitoyablse
  • pitoyalbes
  • pitoybales
  • pitoyyables
  • pittoyables
  • pityoables
  • ppitoyables
  • ptioyables

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iptoyables2piotyables2pitoaybles2pitoyabbles1pitoyabels2pitoyabless1pitoyablles1pitoyablse2
Edit distance from "pitoyables"

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 "pitoyables"?
"pitoyables" is spelled P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.twa.jabl\.
What does "pitoyables" mean?
As an adjective, "pitoyables" means: Pluriel de pitoyable.
What words are commonly confused with "pitoyables"?
"pitoyables" is commonly confused with "pitoyable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pitoyables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pitoyables" 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 "pitoyables" come from?
"pitoyables" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list