tractable
\tʁak.tabl\
The verdict
“tractable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être tracté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tractable · tractable · French
tractable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tractable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁak.tabl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tractable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁak.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui peut être tracté.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tractable, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tractable, spelled T-R-A-C-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui peut être tracté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tractable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette plate-forme tractable (construite par Cal Dive et appartenant à Helix) repose sur deux immenses coques submergées, de 95 mètres de longueur.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.