stable
\stabl\
The verdict
“stable” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,189 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,189
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui reste en place, dans une situation ferme. Qui ne varie pas.
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for stable is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \stabl\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,189 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “stable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \stabl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “style” - see the side-by-side comparison. stable vs style
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.