variable
\va.ʁjabl\
The verdict
“variable” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,086
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est susceptible de changer, de varier, d’évoluer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-variable · variable · French
variable · rank #5,086 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,086
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH traditions
Nearest frequency peer: traditions (-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 “variable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tentatives
tentatives
94,918 corpus weight
- touristique
touristique
94,917 corpus weight
- traditions
traditions
94,916 corpus weight
- variable
variable
94,915 corpus weight
- vendus
vendus
94,914 corpus weight
- vengeance
vengeance
94,913 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “variable” 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 | variable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \va.ʁjabl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “variable” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around variable (IPA \va.ʁjabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,086 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for variable, with forms such as "avriable", "vairable", and "varaible". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "viable", "variole", "variante", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is variable, spelled V-A-R-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est susceptible de changer, de varier, d’évoluer.
- 2En parlant d'un mot, dont la désinence varie suivant le genre, le nombre, le cas, le temps, le mode, etc.
- 3Dont la luminosité change par périodes brèves et avec une amplitude importante, en parlant d’une étoile.
- 4Divers, qui varie d’un élément à l’autre d’un ensemble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how variable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant la première semaine, la brise fut très légère et excessivement variable, tournant constamment du Nord au Suroit, en passant par l’Est [sic]. Selon l’usage, l’auteur aurait dû écrire […] constamment du nord au suroit, en passant par l’est.
Dois-je prendre un prêt à taux fixe ou à taux variable ?
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avriable
- vairable
- varaible
- variabble
- variabel
- variablle
- varialbe
- varibale
- varriable
- vraiable
- vvariable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of variable - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "variable" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "viable". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,086 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "V" letter cohort. V–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.