Which to use
“passable” and “passibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,950
- “passable” frequency rank
- #34,662
- “passibles” frequency rank
- 76612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passable | passibles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui peut passer, qui peut être admis, comme n’étant pas mauvais dans son genre. | Pluriel de passible. |
Where the eye mixes passable and passibles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between passable and passibles
A purely visual mix-up. passable (\pa.sabl\) and passibles (\pa.sibl\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passable is recorded at frequency rank #41,950, classified as anadj, pronounced \pa.sabl\. passibles is at rank #34,662, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.sibl\.
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 76612, this pair ranks #30,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of passable vs passibles
Shared letters: abelps. Private to "passable": -. Private to "passibles": i.
"passable" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "passibles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passable" for "passibles" ever safe?
Frequency check: "passable" vs "passibles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "passable" and "passibles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passibles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passable" and "passibles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passibles vs plausibles". 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 #30,619 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.