Which to use
“faible” and “faisable” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,028
- “faible” frequency rank
- #18,201
- “faisable” frequency rank
- 19229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faible | faisable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est débile, qui manque de force, de vigueur. | Qui peut se faire ; qui n’est pas impossible. |
Where the eye mixes faible and faisable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. faible runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against faisable's 8 (CVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: faible vs faisable
A purely visual mix-up. faible (\fɛbl\) and faisable (\fə.zabl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faible is recorded at frequency rank #1,028, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɛbl\. faisable is at rank #18,201, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fə.zabl\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 19229, this pair ranks #374,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faible vs faisable
Shared letters: abefil. Private to "faible": -. Private to "faisable": s.
"faible" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "faisable" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "faible" and "faisable" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "faible" vs "faisable" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "faible" and "faisable" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "faible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faisable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faible" and "faisable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faisable vs friable". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #374,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.