Which to use
“stable” and “stables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,189
- “stable” frequency rank
- #12,066
- “stables” frequency rank
- 16255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stable | stables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui reste en place, dans une situation ferme. Qui ne varie pas. | Pluriel de stable. |
Same sound, different letters: stable vs stables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - stable / stables
This is the hard kind. stable and stables are pronounced identically (\stabl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “stable” sits inside “stables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stable is recorded at frequency rank #4,189, classified as anadj, pronounced \stabl\. stables is at rank #12,066, tagged as anadj, pronounced \stabl\.
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 16255, this pair ranks #388,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stable vs stables
Shared letters: abelst. Private to "stable": -. Private to "stables": -.
"stable" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "stables" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stable" and "stables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "stable" vs "stables" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "stable" / "stables". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "stable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stable" and "stables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stables vs stalles". 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 #388,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.