respectable

\ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\

/\ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“respectable” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,238
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui mérite du respect.

Corpus desk

Index FR-respectable · respectable · French

respectable · rank #12,238 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #12,238
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH research

Nearest frequency peer: research (-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 « respectable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « respectable » 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).

respectable vs respectables
92% similar

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

Key facts for respectable
PropertyValue
Headwordrespectable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,238
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « respectable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).respectablese 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 « research » (#12,237), « respectant » (#12,239), « ressortissants » (#12,240). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « respectable » est au #12,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around respectable (IPA \ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,238 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for respectable, with forms such as "erspectable", "repsectable", and "resepctable". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "respectables", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is respectable, spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui mérite du respect.
  2. 2
    Qui incite au respect.
  3. 3
    Dont l’importance mérite considération.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce n’est pas un spectacle extraordinaire à Saint-Louis que de voir deux hommes « respectables » mettre habit bas et se colleter publiquement.
  2. Quant aux spiritualistes de la fin du XIXᵉ siècle, ils fustigent volontiers la bourgeoisie voltairienne qu'ils qualifient de matérialiste, d’hypocrite et qu'ils jugent faussement respectable.

Antonyms

irrespectable

This word in other languages

respectable(English)ehrbar(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erspectable
  • repsectable
  • resepctable
  • respcetable
  • respecatble
  • respecctable
  • respectabble
  • respectabel
  • respectablle
  • respectalbe
  • respectbale
  • respecttable
  • respetcable
  • resppectable
  • resspectable
  • rrespectable
  • rsepectable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erspectable2repsectable2resepctable2respcetable2respecatble2respecctable1respectabble1respectabel2
Edit distance from "respectable"

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 "respectable"?
"respectable" is spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\.
What does "respectable" mean?
As an adjective, "respectable" means: Qui mérite du respect.
What words are commonly confused with "respectable"?
"respectable" is commonly confused with "respectables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "respectable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "respectable" is \ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "respectable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

présomption#12,228potentielle#12,219synthétique#12,263méridionale#12,203

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

miséricorde17 variantsmalédiction17 variantsacharnement17 variantsinterrogation17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list