veritable

/\veʁiˈtaːblə\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,093

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

veritable is anFrenchadj. It means: Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de veritabel. Pronounced \veʁiˈtaːblə\. Often confused with véritables and variable.

Key facts for veritable
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Headwordveritable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\veʁiˈtaːblə\
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,093
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of veritable in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for veritable is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \veʁiˈtaːblə\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,093 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for veritable, with forms such as "evritable", "veirtable", and "veriatble". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "véritables", "variable", "vérifiable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is veritable, spelled V-E-R-I-T-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de veritabel.
  2. 2
    Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de veritabel.
  3. 3
    Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de veritabel.
  4. 4
    Accusatif neutre singulier de la déclinaison faible de veritabel.
  5. 5
    Accusatif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de veritabel.
  6. 6
    Nominatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de veritabel.
  7. 7
    Nominatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de veritabel.
  8. 8
    Nominatif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de veritabel.
  9. 9
    Nominatif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de veritabel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evritable,veirtable,veriatble,veritabble,veritabel,veritablle,veritalbe,veritbale,verittable,verritable,vertiable,vreitable,vveritable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for veritable

Misspelling Variants of "veritable"

evritable9veirtable9veriatble9veritabble10veritabel9veritablle10veritalbe9veritbale9
Misspelling Variants of "veritable"

Frequency rank: #39,093 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "veritable"?
"veritable" is spelled V-E-R-I-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \veʁiˈtaːblə\.
What does "veritable" mean?
As an adj, "veritable" means: Accusatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison faible de veritabel.
What words are commonly confused with "veritable"?
"veritable" is commonly confused with "véritables", "variable", "vérifiable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "veritable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "veritable" is \veʁiˈtaːblə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "veritable" come from?
"veritable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.