responsable

\ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\

/\ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“responsable” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,044
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 doit répondre de ses propres actions ou de celles des autres, qui doit être garant de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-responsable · responsable · French

responsable · rank #1,044 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,044
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH respect

Nearest frequency peer: respect (-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 « responsable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « responsable » 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).

responsable vs responsables
92% similar

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

Key facts for responsable
PropertyValue
Headwordresponsable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,044
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « responsable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.responsablese 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 « respect » (#1,043), « secteur » (#1,045), « rendu » (#1,042). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « responsable » est au #1,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around responsable (IPA \ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,044 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui doit répondre de ses propres actions ou de celles des autres, qui doit être garant de quelque chose.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for responsable, with forms such as "ersponsable", "repsonsable", and "resopnsable". 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, "responsables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 responsable, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui doit répondre de ses propres actions ou de celles des autres, qui doit être garant de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ô phrénologues ! L’inéducabilité érigée en principe ? quel inhominalisme ! La sublime créature est éducable, voyante et libre, criminelle ou vertueuse à son choix, responsable.
  2. Il discernait qu'il avait affaire à un personnage exceptionnellement distrait, mais il n'était pas responsable d'une pareille balourdise chez cet hurluberlu qui visait à l'élégance.

Antonyms

irresponsable

This word in other languages

responsible(English)verantwortlich(Deutsch)responsável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ersponsable
  • repsonsable
  • resopnsable
  • respnosable
  • responasble
  • responnsable
  • responsabble
  • responsabel
  • responsablle
  • responsalbe
  • responsbale
  • responssable
  • resposnable
  • respponsable
  • ressponsable
  • rresponsable
  • rseponsable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of responsable - 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.

ersponsable2repsonsable2resopnsable2respnosable2responasble2responnsable1responsabble1responsabel2
Edit distance from "responsable"

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 "responsable"?
"responsable" is spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\.
What does "responsable" mean?
As an adjective, "responsable" means: Qui doit répondre de ses propres actions ou de celles des autres, qui doit être garant de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "responsable"?
"responsable" is commonly confused with "responsables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "responsable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "responsable" is \ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "responsable" come from?
"responsable" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

application#1,133département#1,136directement#938utilisation#1,215

Similar misspelling depth

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

communication17 variantsorganisation17 variantsscientifique17 variantsentièrement17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list