portables

\pɔʁ.tabl\

/\pɔʁ.tabl\/ adj

The verdict

“portables” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,599
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-portables · portables · French

portables · rank #8,599 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,599
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plonger

Nearest frequency peer: plonger (-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 « portables »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « portables » 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).

portables vs potable
78% similar
portables vs postales
78% similar
portables vs portails
78% similar

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

Key facts for portables
PropertyValue
Headwordportables
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɔʁ.tabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,599
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « portables »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plonger » (#8,598), « possédait » (#8,600), « pistolet » (#8,597). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « portables » est au #8,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around portables (IPA \pɔʁ.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,599 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de portable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for portables, with forms such as "oprtables", "poratbles", and "porrtables". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "potable", "postales", "portails", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is portables, spelled P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de portable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les policiers lyonnais entreprirent une vaste enquête nationale sur les détenteurs de scies circulaires portables, tandis que Bouclard reprenait plus sagement les éléments communs aux crimes précédents.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprtables
  • poratbles
  • porrtables
  • portabbles
  • portabels
  • portabless
  • portablles
  • portablse
  • portalbes
  • portbales
  • porttables
  • potrables
  • pportables
  • protables

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oprtables2poratbles2porrtables1portabbles1portabels2portabless1portablles1portablse2
Edit distance from "portables"

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 "portables"?
"portables" is spelled P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.tabl\.
What does "portables" mean?
As an adjective, "portables" means: Pluriel de portable.
What words are commonly confused with "portables"?
"portables" is commonly confused with "potable", "postales", "portails". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "portables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portables" is \pɔʁ.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "portables" come from?
"portables" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list