respectables

\ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\

/\ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“respectables” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,328
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de respectable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-respectables · respectables · French

respectables · rank #28,328 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,328
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renaît

Nearest frequency peer: renaît (-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 « respectables »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « respectables » 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).

respectables vs respectable
92% similar

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

Key facts for respectables
PropertyValue
Headwordrespectables
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#28,328
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « respectables »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « renaît » (#28,327), « ressemblaient » (#28,329), « remontés » (#28,326). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « respectables » est au #28,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around respectables (IPA \ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,328 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de respectable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for respectables, with forms such as "erspectables", "repsectables", and "resepctables". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "respectable", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is respectables, spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de respectable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 68, nous expérimentâmes la marche sudique entre le Congo et le Jean-Bart, utilisant de mini-échasses comme telles, ou comme des bâtons de skis de randonnée, pour rapidifier notre rythme : nous essuyâmes au passage gros rires et quolibets… et croisant aujourd’hui au Parc bordelais ces flopées de gens respectables pratiquant dévotement leur sacro-sainte…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erspectables
  • repsectables
  • resepctables
  • respcetables
  • respecatbles
  • respecctables
  • respectabbles
  • respectabels
  • respectabless
  • respectablles
  • respectablse
  • respectalbes
  • respectbales
  • respecttables
  • respetcables
  • resppectables
  • resspectables
  • rrespectables
  • rsepectables

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erspectables2repsectables2resepctables2respcetables2respecatbles2respecctables1respectabbles1respectabels2
Edit distance from "respectables"

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 "respectables"?
"respectables" is spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.pɛk.tabl\.
What does "respectables" mean?
As an adjective, "respectables" means: Pluriel de respectable.
What words are commonly confused with "respectables"?
"respectables" is commonly confused with "respectable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "respectables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "respectables" 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 "respectables" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

sophistiqués19 variantsamplification19 variantsglobalisation19 variantscommercialisée19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list