sociable

\sɔ.sjabl\

/\sɔ.sjabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“sociable” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,099
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est naturellement porté à rechercher la société, qui est destiné à vivre en société.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sociable · sociable · French

sociable · rank #22,099 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,099
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH singer

Nearest frequency peer: singer (-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 « sociable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sociable » 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).

sociable vs social
75% similar
sociable vs sociale
88% similar
sociable vs sociales
75% similar

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

Key facts for sociable
PropertyValue
Headwordsociable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɔ.sjabl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,099
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sociable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sociablese 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 « singer » (#22,098), « sociologues » (#22,100), « simultanée » (#22,097). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sociable » est au #22,099. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sociable (IPA \sɔ.sjabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,099 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sociable, with forms such as "osciable", "scoiable", and "socaible". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "social", "sociale", "sociales", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 sociable, spelled S-O-C-I-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est naturellement porté à rechercher la société, qui est destiné à vivre en société.
  2. 2
    Avec qui il est facile de vivre, qui est d’un bon et facile commerce.
  3. 3
    Qui porte vers les autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il essaya de se persuader qu’il était à l’aise et en sécurité ; mais bientôt, l’indéfinissable inquiétude de l’animal sociable, abandonné dans la solitude, le tourmenta.
  2. Cet enfant est sociable, il s’intègre facilement à l’école.

Synonyms

accommodantaccueillantaffableagréableaimableamèneavenantcivilisécourtoisdouxengageantfacilefacile à vivreouvertpraticabletraitable

Antonyms

abruptacariâtreasocialbourruchagrinfaroucheindividualisteinsociablemalcommodemisanthropesauvagesolitaire

This word in other languages

sociable(English)gesellschaftsfähig(Deutsch)sociável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osciable
  • scoiable
  • socaible
  • socciable
  • sociabble
  • sociabel
  • sociablle
  • socialbe
  • socibale
  • soicable
  • ssociable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sociable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

osciable2scoiable2socaible2socciable1sociabble1sociabel2sociablle1socialbe2
Edit distance from "sociable"

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 "sociable"?
"sociable" is spelled S-O-C-I-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.sjabl\.
What does "sociable" mean?
As an adjective, "sociable" means: Qui est naturellement porté à rechercher la société, qui est destiné à vivre en société.
What words are commonly confused with "sociable"?
"sociable" is commonly confused with "social", "sociale", "sociales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sociable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sociable" is \sɔ.sjabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sociable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

samouraï#22,089taureaux#22,116rwandais#22,081terriens#22,117

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

serrurier11 variantstampons11 variantstraiteur11 variantsrepérés11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list