risible

\ʁi.zibl\

/\ʁi.zibl\/ adj

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The verdict

“risible” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,990
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est propre à faire rire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-risible · risible · French

risible · rank #32,990 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,990
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reversé

Nearest frequency peer: reversé (-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 « risible »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « risible » 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
Key facts for risible
PropertyValue
Headwordrisible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁi.zibl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,990
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « risible »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reversé » (#32,989), « rodéo » (#32,991), « restrictives » (#32,988). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « risible » est au #32,990. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around risible (IPA \ʁi.zibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,990 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for risible, with forms such as "irsible", "riisble", and "risbile". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 risible, spelled R-I-S-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est propre à faire rire.
  2. 2
    Qui est digne de moquerie (se dit surtout pour des choses plutôt que pour des personnes).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Risibles le ronflement à l’église, la titubation de l’ivrogne, le pistolet qui rate au théâtre, le petit homme qui se baisse pour passer sous l’Arc de triomphe.
  2. Ce quiproquo est risible.

This word in other languages

laughable(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irsible
  • riisble
  • risbile
  • risibble
  • risibel
  • risiblle
  • risilbe
  • rissible
  • rrisible
  • rsiible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irsible2riisble2risbile2risibble1risibel2risiblle1risilbe2rissible1
Edit distance from "risible"

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 "risible"?
"risible" is spelled R-I-S-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.zibl\.
What does "risible" mean?
As an adjective, "risible" means: Qui est propre à faire rire.
What are common misspellings of "risible"?
Common misspellings include "irsible", "riisble", "risbile", "risibble", "risibel". The correct spelling is "risible".
How do you pronounce "risible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "risible" is \ʁi.zibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "risible" come from?
"risible" 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 "risible", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reversé#32,989roupies#32,992remuant#32,982saletés#33,001

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

salines10 variantsrallumer10 variantssaumons10 variantsquality10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list