praticable
\pʁa.ti.kabl\
The verdict
“praticable” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,933 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #40,933
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui peut être pratiqué, qui peut être employé, dont on peut se servir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | praticable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁa.ti.kabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “praticable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for praticable is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁa.ti.kabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,933 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for praticable, with forms such as "particable", "ppraticable", and "praitcable". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is praticable, spelled P-R-A-T-I-C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui peut être pratiqué, qui peut être employé, dont on peut se servir.
- 2Par lequel on peut passer aisément.
- 3Qualifie une porte ou fenêtre du décor, qui n’est pas seulement figurée, et que l’on peut ouvrir ou fermer.
- 4Qualifie une personne avec laquelle il est facile et agréable d’entretenir des relations.
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: particable,ppraticable,praitcable,pratciable,pratiacble,praticabble,praticabel,praticablle,praticalbe,praticbale,praticcable,pratticable,prraticable,prtaicable,rpaticable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of praticable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “praticable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-A-T-I-C-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁa.ti.kabl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.