tolérable

\tɔ.le.ʁabl\

/\tɔ.le.ʁabl\/ adj

The verdict

“tolérable” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,569
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on peut tolérer, qu’on peut supporter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tolerable · tolérable · French

tolérable · rank #38,569 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #38,569
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tolérante

Nearest frequency peer: tolérante (+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 « tolérable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tolérable » 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).

tolérable vs tolérante
78% similar

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

Key facts for tolérable
PropertyValue
Headwordtolérable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɔ.le.ʁabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,569
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tolérable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tolérablese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tolérante » (#38,570), « Theater » (#38,566), « tomorrow » (#38,572). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tolérable » est au #38,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around tolérable (IPA \tɔ.le.ʁabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,569 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qu’on peut tolérer, qu’on peut supporter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for tolérable, with forms such as "otlérable", "tloérable", and "tolerable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tolérante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is tolérable, spelled T-O-L-É-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qu’on peut tolérer, qu’on peut supporter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pensez-vous que cela soit tolérable ?
  2. Cette douleur n’est pas tolérable.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otlérable
  • tloérable
  • tolerable
  • tollérable
  • tolréable
  • toléarble
  • tolérabble
  • tolérabel
  • tolérablle
  • toléralbe
  • tolérbale
  • tolérrable
  • toélrable
  • ttolérable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tolérable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otlérable2tloérable2tolerable1tollérable1tolréable2toléarble2tolérabble1tolérabel2
Edit distance from "tolérable"

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 "tolérable"?
"tolérable" is spelled T-O-L-É-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.le.ʁabl\.
What does "tolérable" mean?
As an adjective, "tolérable" means: Qu’on peut tolérer, qu’on peut supporter.
What words are commonly confused with "tolérable"?
"tolérable" is commonly confused with "tolérante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tolérable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tolérable" is \tɔ.le.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tolérable" come from?
"tolérable" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list