punissable
\py.ni.sabl\
The verdict
“punissable” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #43,096 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #43,096
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui mérite punition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | punissable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \py.ni.sabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #43,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “punissable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for punissable is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \py.ni.sabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,096 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui mérite punition.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for punissable, with forms such as "pnuissable", "ppunissable", and "puinssable". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is punissable, spelled P-U-N-I-S-S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui mérite punition.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pnuissable,ppunissable,puinssable,punisable,punisasble,punissabble,punissabel,punissablle,punissalbe,punissbale,punnissable,punsisable,upnissable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of punissable - 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 “punissable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-U-N-I-S-S-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \py.ni.sabl\ (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.