réparable

\ʁe.pa.ʁabl\

/\ʁe.pa.ʁabl\/ adj

The verdict

“réparable” is uncommon French (frequency #54,874 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,874
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être réparé ; il se dit dans tous les sens du verbe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reparable · réparable · French

réparable · rank #54,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,874
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réouvrir

Nearest frequency peer: réouvrir (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « réparable »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réparable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for réparable
PropertyValue
Headwordréparable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.pa.ʁabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « réparable » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.réparabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « réouvrir » (#54,873), « répertoriée » (#54,875), « républicanisme » (#54,876). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réparable » est au #54,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

réparable is uncommon French at frequency #54,874 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.pa.ʁabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui peut être réparé ; il se dit dans tous les sens du verbe.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for réparable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is réparable, spelled R-É-P-A-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut être réparé ; il se dit dans tous les sens du verbe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce dommage est réparable.
  2. La perte du temps est difficilement réparable.

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 "réparable"?
"réparable" is spelled R-É-P-A-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.pa.ʁabl\.
What does "réparable" mean?
As an adjective, "réparable" means: Qui peut être réparé ; il se dit dans tous les sens du verbe.
How do you pronounce "réparable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réparable" is \ʁe.pa.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réparable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list