120 French words ending in -able or -ible you already know.
Same spelling in English, and with the same meaning. Here are all 120, the most common first.
Same word in English
- possiblesay it poh-SEE-bluhin the 1000-word book, number 398
- capablesay it kah-PAH-bluhin the 1000-word book, number 899
- terriblesay it teh-REE-bluhin the 1000-word book, number 826
- horriblesay it aw-REE-bluh
- adorablesay it ah-daw-RAH-bluh
All 120, the most common first.
Ordered by how often each word turns up in French films and books. A chip like in the 1000-word book, number 398 marks the words in The 1000 Most Common French Words, with their rank in the book.
All 120 words, most common first.
- Number 1possiblepossiblein the 1000-word book, number 398
- Number 2impossibleimpossiblein the 1000-word book, number 687
- Number 3terribleterriblein the 1000-word book, number 826
- Number 4capablecapablein the 1000-word book, number 899
- Number 5horriblehorrible
- Number 6veritablevéritable
- Number 7invisibleinvisible
- Number 8incapableincapable
- Number 9interminableinterminable
- Number 10visiblevisible
- Number 11admirableadmirable
- Number 12adorableadorable
- Number 13indispensableindispensable
- Number 14probableprobable
- Number 15considerableconsidérable
- Number 16inevitableinévitable
- Number 17incomprehensibleincompréhensible
- Number 18honorablehonorable
- Number 19favorablefavorable
- Number 20irresistibleirrésistible
- Number 21impeccableimpeccable
- Number 22abominableabominable
- Number 23imperceptibleimperceptible
- Number 24vulnerablevulnérable
- Number 25intolerableintolérable
- Number 26lamentablelamentable
- Number 27stablestable
- Number 28respectablerespectable
- Number 29inaccessibleinaccessible
- Number 30implacableimplacable
- Number 31preferablepréférable
- Number 32incomparableincomparable
- Number 33improbableimprobable
- Number 34inexplicableinexplicable
- Number 35impenetrableimpénétrable
- Number 36inseparableinséparable
- Number 37inaudibleinaudible
- Number 38venerablevénérable
- Number 39invincibleinvincible
- Number 40acceptableacceptable
- Number 41comparablecomparable
- Number 42durabledurable
- Number 43charitablecharitable
- Number 44perceptibleperceptible
- Number 45accessibleaccessible
- Number 46memorablemémorable
- Number 47comprehensiblecompréhensible
- Number 48detestabledétestable
- Number 49regrettableregrettable
- Number 50deplorabledéplorable
- Number 51plausibleplausible
- Number 52desirabledésirable
- Number 53equitableéquitable
- Number 54indestructibleindestructible
- Number 55irreparableirréparable
- Number 56insatiableinsatiable
- Number 57notablenotable
- Number 58inadmissibleinadmissible
- Number 59incurableincurable
- Number 60presentableprésentable
- Number 61inflexibleinflexible
- Number 62irrepressibleirrépressible
- Number 63crediblecrédible
- Number 64flexibleflexible
- Number 65compatiblecompatible
- Number 66inexorableinexorable
- Number 67ineffableineffable
- Number 68irrefutableirréfutable
- Number 69irreversibleirréversible
- Number 70incompatibleincompatible
- Number 71invulnerableinvulnérable
- Number 72affableaffable
- Number 73inimitableinimitable
- Number 74incorrigibleincorrigible
- Number 75appreciableappréciable
- Number 76tangibletangible
- Number 77variablevariable
- Number 78profitableprofitable
- Number 79enviableenviable
- Number 80potablepotable
- Number 81palpablepalpable
- Number 82irritableirritable
- Number 83imaginableimaginable
- Number 84inconsolableinconsolable
- Number 85incalculableincalculable
- Number 86audibleaudible
- Number 87sociablesociable
- Number 88amiableamiable
- Number 89delectabledélectable
- Number 90interchangeableinterchangeable
- Number 91viableviable
- Number 92habitablehabitable
- Number 93impermeableimperméable
- Number 94reprehensiblerépréhensible
- Number 95identifiableidentifiable
- Number 96excusableexcusable
- Number 97intelligibleintelligible
- Number 98tolerabletolérable
- Number 99inviolableinviolable
- Number 100malleablemalléable
- Number 101irrevocableirrévocable
- Number 102indivisibleindivisible
- Number 103incorruptibleincorruptible
- Number 104passablepassable
- Number 105payablepayable
- Number 106applicableapplicable
- Number 107inexcusableinexcusable
- Number 108permeableperméable
- Number 109transportabletransportable
- Number 110admissibleadmissible
- Number 111transmissibletransmissible
- Number 112intangibleintangible
- Number 113reversibleréversible
- Number 114tenabletenable
- Number 115extensibleextensible
- Number 116exploitableexploitable
- Number 117convertibleconvertible
- Number 118deductibledéductible
- Number 119combustiblecombustible
- Number 120divisibledivisible
How we counted
- Everyday words only: each one turns up at least once in every two million words of French films and books (Lexique 3.83).
- Each has a real English twin that people still use, and the twin means the same thing. We checked every word against a dictionary, then by hand.
- We left out 5 words that look like English ones but mean something else, like sensible, which means sensitive.
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1000 Most Common French Words
The 1,000 words that make up about 70% of everyday written French, grouped by theme and by the patterns that link French to English, each with IPA, an easy English respelling and three example sentences glossed word by word.