sable

\sabl\

/\sabl\/ noun

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The verdict

“sable” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,291
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sédiment clastique formé de grains de taille comprise entre 62,5 μm et 2 mm. Cette roche meuble pouvant être de type détritique (issue de la désagrégation d’autres roches par érosion) ou bien être ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-sable · sable · French

sable · rank #3,291 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,291
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH réalise

Nearest frequency peer: réalise (-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 « sable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sable » 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).

sable vs sal
60% similar
sable vs sage
60% similar
sable vs salé
60% similar

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

Key facts for sable
PropertyValue
Headwordsable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sabl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,291
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sablese 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 « réalise » (#3,290), « Sarah » (#3,292), « romain » (#3,289). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sable » est au #3,291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sable (IPA \sabl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,291 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sable, with forms such as "asble", "sabble", and "sabel". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sal", "sage", "salé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sable, spelled S-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sédiment clastique formé de grains de taille comprise entre 62,5 μm et 2 mm. Cette roche meuble pouvant être de type détritique (issue de la désagrégation d’autres roches par érosion) ou bien être issue du dépôt in situ d’éventuelles parties carbonatées de minuscules organismes marins.
  2. 2
    Sol sableux d’une région.
  3. 3
    Sol sableux d’une région.
  4. 4
    Mélange de cette substance et de diverses matières qui sert à faire des moules de fonderie.
  5. 5
    Calcul urinaire, gravelle fine comme du sable.
  6. 6
    Sablier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand il voyait, sur le sable des allées un piquet de chat, il entrait aussitôt dans une colère affreuse.
  2. Les sables sont les matières que l’on mélange le plus habituellement à la chaux pour former les mortiers ; ils doivent être rudes au toucher et crier quand on les serre dans la main.

This word in other languages

sand(English)arena(Español)Sand(Deutsch)areia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asble
  • sabble
  • sabel
  • sablle
  • salbe
  • sbale
  • ssable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asble2sabble1sabel2sablle1salbe2sbale2ssable1
Edit distance from "sable"

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 "sable"?
"sable" is spelled S-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sabl\.
What does "sable" mean?
As a noun, "sable" means: Sédiment clastique formé de grains de taille comprise entre 62,5 μm et 2 mm. Cette roche meuble pouvant être de type détritique (issue de la désagrégation d’autres roches par érosion) ou bien être ...
What words are commonly confused with "sable"?
"sable" is commonly confused with "sal", "sage", "salé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sable" is \sabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sarah#3,292toile#3,299longs#3,271fruit#3,262

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

romain7 variantsavenue7 variantsfoyer7 variantsconçu7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list