placable
\pla.kabl\
The verdict
“placable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apaisable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-placable · placable · French
placable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | placable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pla.kabl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
placable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pla.kabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apaisable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for placable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is placable, spelled P-L-A-C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Apaisable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how placable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’est pas surprenant que les hommes aient imaginé une infinité de moyens différents d’apaiser la colère de l’être suprême ; mais tous dépendent du même principe, de l’idée d’un Dieu placable.
… car depuis que j’ai cherché par la prière à apaiser la Divinité offensée, que je me suis agenouillé, et que j’ai humilié tout mon cœur devant Dieu, il me semble que je le vois placable et doux me prêtant l’oreille.
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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.