séparable

\se.pa.ʁabl\

/\se.pa.ʁabl\/ adj

The verdict

“séparable” is uncommon French (frequency #66,371 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,371
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-separable · séparable · French

séparable · rank #66,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,371
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sécurisez

Nearest frequency peer: sécurisez (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « séparable »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « séparable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for séparable
PropertyValue
Headwordséparable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\se.pa.ʁabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,371
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « séparable » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).séparabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sécurisez » (#66,370), « tachés » (#66,372), « synoptique » (#66,369). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « séparable » est au #66,371. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

séparable is uncommon French at frequency #66,371 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.pa.ʁabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for séparable, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is séparable, spelled S-É-P-A-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut se séparer.
  2. 2
    Qui admet une partie finie ou dénombrable dense.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est une erreur de prétendre que l’utile soit séparable de l’honnête.
  2. L’ensemble ℝ des nombres réels muni de la topologie usuelle est séparable puisque l’ensemble ℚ des nombres rationnels, qui est dénombrable, est un sous-ensemble de ℝ dense dans ℝ.

Antonyms

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); 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 "séparable"?
"séparable" is spelled S-É-P-A-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.pa.ʁabl\.
What does "séparable" mean?
As an adjective, "séparable" means: Qui peut se séparer.
How do you pronounce "séparable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séparable" is \se.pa.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list