plausible
French, adjective/plo.zibl/
plausible is spelled P-L-A-U-S-I-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plausible is a French adjective meaning “plausible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a une apparence de vérité ; qui est accepté ou admis jusqu’à preuve du contraire”.
What does plausible mean in English?
adjective
- 1
plausible
Near-synonyms: possible, probable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a une apparence de vérité ; qui est accepté ou admis jusqu’à preuve du contraire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plausible
- plausibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plausible?
- /plo.zibl/
- \plo.zibl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plausible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plausible in French?
plausible appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).