scindable

\sɛ̃.dabl\

/\sɛ̃.dabl\/ adj

The verdict

“scindable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être scindé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scindable · scindable · French

scindable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for scindable
PropertyValue
Headwordscindable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ̃.dabl\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « scindable » en français

scindablereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scindable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛ̃.dabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui peut être scindé.".

scindable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is scindable, spelled S-C-I-N-D-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut être scindé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si nous laissons choir, dans un but de simplification des calculs, l’année 1880, d’ailleurs mixte au point de vue légal, il nous restera le chiffre de 16 ans, scindable en deux périodes octannuelles statistiquement équivalentes et s’étendant, l’une de 1881-1889, la suivante de 1889-1897 ([…]).
  2. […] l’arrêté ministériel du 21 octobre 1992 accordant délégation à l’Administrateur général de la trésorerie en matière de préservation de la liquidité des lignes d’obligations linéaires scindables.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scindable"?
"scindable" is spelled S-C-I-N-D-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.dabl\.
What does "scindable" mean?
As an adjective, "scindable" means: Qui peut être scindé.
How do you pronounce "scindable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scindable" is \sɛ̃.dabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scindable" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list