plausibel
\plaʊ̯ˈziːbl̩\
The verdict
“plausibel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plausible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plausibel · plausibel · French
plausibel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | plausibel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \plaʊ̯ˈziːbl̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
plausibel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \plaʊ̯ˈziːbl̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plausible.".
No misspelling variants are generated for plausibel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 plausibel, spelled P-L-A-U-S-I-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1Plausible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plausibel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gauß nickte, die Antwort kam ihm plausibel vor.
Es gibt eine Million plausibler Erklärungen dafür, dass an einem Donnerstagabend um halb elf jemand an meiner Tür klingelt.
Antonyms
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.