vocable

\vɔ.kabl\

/\vɔ.kabl\/ noun

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The verdict

“vocable” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,076
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot, terme considéré comme porteur d’une signification particulière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vocable · vocable · French

vocable · rank #24,076 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,076
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vieillards

Nearest frequency peer: vieillards (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « vocable »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « vocable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vocable vs vocal
71% similar
vocable vs vocale
86% similar
vocable vs vocales
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vocable
PropertyValue
Headwordvocable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɔ.kabl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,076
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vocable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vocablese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vieillards » (#24,075), « vrille » (#24,077), « vibrant » (#24,074). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vocable » est au #24,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vocable (IPA \vɔ.kabl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,076 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 vocable, with forms such as "ovcable", "vcoable", and "voacble". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "vocal", "vocale", "vocales", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is vocable, spelled V-O-C-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mot, terme considéré comme porteur d’une signification particulière.
  2. 2
    Appellation d’une église du nom du saint auquel elle est dédiée.
  3. 3
    Indique une unité concrète extraite d’un discours, dont l’occurrence et la mise en relation avec d’autres vocables conduit, par un processus de lexicalisation, à l’unité abstraite de lexème.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vocable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il eut même cette bonne fortune d’inventer à plusieurs reprises un de ces vocables essentiellement parisiens que la mode consacre pendant quelques mois et qui reçoivent toujours l’accueil le plus enthousiaste […]
  2. Voyez-vous […] nous avons à Paris plusieurs catégories de malandrins. Pour nous en garantir, il nous faut recourir à des hommes présentant des qualités particulières. Ces hommes sont des mouchards, comme vous les appelez. Soit, je n’ergote pas sur un vocable.

This word in other languages

vocable(English)vocablo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovcable
  • vcoable
  • voacble
  • vocabble
  • vocabel
  • vocablle
  • vocalbe
  • vocbale
  • voccable
  • vvocable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vocable - 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.

ovcable2vcoable2voacble2vocabble1vocabel2vocablle1vocalbe2vocbale2
Edit distance from "vocable"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vocable"?
"vocable" is spelled V-O-C-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.kabl\.
What does "vocable" mean?
As a noun, "vocable" means: Mot, terme considéré comme porteur d’une signification particulière.
What words are commonly confused with "vocable"?
"vocable" is commonly confused with "vocal", "vocale", "vocales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vocable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vocable" is \vɔ.kabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vocable" come from?
"vocable" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vocable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vibrant#24,074Utrecht#24,072égorger#24,086abaisse#24,090

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

urinaire10 variantstournez10 variantsamazing10 variantsTheresa10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list