recevable

\ʁəs.vabl\

/\ʁəs.vabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“recevable” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,000
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est admissible, qui peut être admis, qui doit être reçu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recevable · recevable · French

recevable · rank #23,000 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,000
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recommandent

Nearest frequency peer: recommandent (+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 « recevable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recevable » 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).

recevable vs redevable
89% similar
recevable vs redevables
80% similar
recevable vs recevables
90% similar

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

Key facts for recevable
PropertyValue
Headwordrecevable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁəs.vabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,000
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recevable »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).recevablese 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 « recommandent » (#23,001), « rapportées » (#22,998), « redoutables » (#23,002). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recevable » est au #23,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around recevable (IPA \ʁəs.vabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,000 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for recevable, with forms such as "ercevable", "rceevable", and "reccevable". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "redevable", "redevables", "recevables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is recevable, spelled R-E-C-E-V-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est admissible, qui peut être admis, qui doit être reçu.
  2. 2
    Qui peut être utilisé dans une procédure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Fournir des marchandises bonnes et recevables.
  2. Cette excuse n’est pas recevable.

Antonyms

irrecevable

This word in other languages

receivable(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercevable
  • rceevable
  • reccevable
  • receavble
  • recevabble
  • recevabel
  • recevablle
  • recevalbe
  • recevbale
  • recevvable
  • recveable
  • reecvable
  • rrecevable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recevable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ercevable2rceevable2reccevable1receavble2recevabble1recevabel2recevablle1recevalbe2
Edit distance from "recevable"

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 "recevable"?
"recevable" is spelled R-E-C-E-V-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁəs.vabl\.
What does "recevable" mean?
As an adjective, "recevable" means: Qui est admissible, qui peut être admis, qui doit être reçu.
What words are commonly confused with "recevable"?
"recevable" is commonly confused with "redevable", "redevables", "recevables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recevable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recevable" is \ʁəs.vabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recevable" come from?
"recevable" 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 "recevable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

reference#23,003pépinière#22,994préventif#22,992renversée#23,008

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

promettait13 variantsroyaliste13 variantssouhaitais13 variantspartisane13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list