stable
\stabl\
The verdict
“stable” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,189
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui reste en place, dans une situation ferme. Qui ne varie pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stable · stable · French
stable · rank #4,189 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,189
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH spécialistes
Nearest frequency peer: spécialistes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “stable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- scrutin
scrutin
95,815 corpus weight
- so
so
95,814 corpus weight
- spécialistes
spécialistes
95,813 corpus weight
- stable
stable
95,812 corpus weight
- suivie
suivie
95,811 corpus weight
- tabac
tabac
95,810 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “stable” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \stabl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stable” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around stable (IPA \stabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,189 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for stable, with forms such as "satble", "sstable", and "stabble". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "style", "stade", "stage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is stable, spelled S-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui reste en place, dans une situation ferme. Qui ne varie pas.
- 2Qui reste en place, dans une situation ferme. Qui ne varie pas.
- 3Qui reste en place, dans une situation ferme. Qui ne varie pas.
- 4Sur qui, sur quoi, on peut compter, s’appuyer.
- 5Sur qui, sur quoi, on peut compter, s’appuyer.
- 6Sur qui, sur quoi, on peut compter, s’appuyer.
- 7Qualifie un sous-graphe dont aucun sommet n'est adjacent.
- 8Se dit d'une partie P d'un ensemble relativement à une application si tous les transformés des éléments de P via l'application se trouvent dans P.
- 9Version d'un logiciel dont on estime qu'elle a été suffisamment testée et corrigée pour être commercialisée ou utilisable sans risque majeur par des personnes non expérimentées.
- 10Qualifie un peuplement sans vulnérabilité particulière face aux intempéries, notamment aux vents forts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais empiler ne suffit pas pour avoir une structure stable : il est nécessaire de rigidifier l’assemblage afin qu’il reste pérenne […]
Les deux états d’équilibre que nous venons de signaler s’appellent équilibre stable , et équilibre instable.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satble
- sstable
- stabble
- stabel
- stablle
- stalbe
- stbale
- sttable
- tsable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stable - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "stable". Here's where to go from here.
- "stable" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "style". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,189 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.