visible
\vi.zibl\
The verdict
“visible” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,371
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être vu ; qui est l’objet de la vue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-visible · visible · French
visible · rank #3,371 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,371
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vins
Nearest frequency peer: vins (-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 “visible”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- team
team
96,633 corpus weight
- trace
trace
96,632 corpus weight
- vins
vins
96,631 corpus weight
- visible
visible
96,630 corpus weight
- visiter
visiter
96,629 corpus weight
- voyages
voyages
96,628 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “visible” 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 | visible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vi.zibl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “visible” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around visible (IPA \vi.zibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,371 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for visible, with forms such as "ivsible", "viisble", and "visbile". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "visite", "visitée", "visière", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 visible, spelled V-I-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui peut être vu ; qui est l’objet de la vue.
- 2Qualifie une personne qui veut ou peut recevoir une visite, ou qui est en état de le faire.
- 3Qui est évident ou manifeste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how visible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce ténia paraît mériter le nom de tenia agama, car il est sans organes sexuels visibles.
Faut-il que l’affaire suive son cours ? faut-il, le principal coupable visible étant mort, étouffer ce procès en faisant condamner le garde-magasin par contumace ?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivsible
- viisble
- visbile
- visibble
- visibel
- visiblle
- visilbe
- vissible
- vsiible
- vvisible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of visible - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "visible", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "visible". Here's where to go from here.
- "visible" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "visite". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,371 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.