vénérables
\ve.ne.ʁabl\
The verdict
“vénérables” is uncommon French (frequency #61,983 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,983
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de vénérable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-venerables · vénérables · French
vénérables · rank #61,983 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,983
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH végétalienne
Nearest frequency peer: végétalienne (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « vénérables »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Vladislav
Vladislav
38,024 corpus weight
- Vodafone
Vodafone
38,023 corpus weight
- Volvic
Volvic
38,022 corpus weight
- voyageaient
voyageaient
38,021 corpus weight
- végétalienne
végétalienne
38,019 corpus weight
- vénérables
vénérables
38,018 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vénérables » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vénérables |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ve.ne.ʁabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vénérables » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vénérables is uncommon French at frequency #61,983 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ve.ne.ʁabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de vénérable.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vénérables, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vénérables, spelled V-É-N-É-R-A-B-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de vénérable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vénérables appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je vous jure que l’artiste a fait celui-là dans un intervalle de bonne santé ; et que, si j’étais jeune, libre, et qu’on me proposât cet honnête Russe pour beau-père, et pour femme cette jeune fille qui tient si modestement un cierge à côté de lui, avec un peu d’aisance, tout autant qu’il en faudrait pour que ma petite Russe pût, quand il lui plairait, do…
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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