probable

\pʁɔ.ba.bl(ə)\

/\pʁɔ.ba.bl(ə)\/ adj

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The verdict

“probable” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,162
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une apparence de vérité, qui paraît fondé en raison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-probable · probable · French

probable · rank #3,162 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,162
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH priorité

Nearest frequency peer: priorité (-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 « probable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « probable » 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).

probable vs probante
75% similar
probable vs probables
89% similar
probable vs potable
75% similar

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

Key facts for probable
PropertyValue
Headwordprobable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁɔ.ba.bl(ə)\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,162
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « probable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.probablese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « priorité » (#3,161), « ramener » (#3,163), « poésie » (#3,160). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « probable » est au #3,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around probable (IPA \pʁɔ.ba.bl(ə)\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,162 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for probable, with forms such as "porbable", "pprobable", and "prboable". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "probante", "probables", "potable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is probable, spelled P-R-O-B-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a une apparence de vérité, qui paraît fondé en raison.
  2. 2
    Qualifie l'opinion qui est fondée sur des raisons de quelque considération, soutenues par un auteur grave (influent).
  3. 3
    Qu’il est raisonnable de supposer, de conjecturer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette opinion est beaucoup plus probable que l’autre.
  2. Ce ne sont pas là des raisonnements démonstratifs, ce ne sont que des arguments probables.

This word in other languages

probable(English)provável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porbable
  • pprobable
  • prboable
  • proabble
  • probabble
  • probabel
  • probablle
  • probalbe
  • probbable
  • probbale
  • prrobable
  • rpobable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porbable2pprobable1prboable2proabble2probabble1probabel2probablle1probalbe2
Edit distance from "probable"

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 "probable"?
"probable" is spelled P-R-O-B-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.ba.bl(ə)\.
What does "probable" mean?
As an adjective, "probable" means: Qui a une apparence de vérité, qui paraît fondé en raison.
What words are commonly confused with "probable"?
"probable" is commonly confused with "probante", "probables", "potable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "probable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "probable" is \pʁɔ.ba.bl(ə)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "probable" come from?
"probable" 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 "probable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

priorité#3,161Portugal#3,159richesse#3,166sensible#3,169

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

totalité12 variantséditions12 variantsattendent12 variantsfaisaient12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list