Which to use
“recognisable” and “recognizable” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,194
- “recognisable” frequency rank
- #16,107
- “recognizable” frequency rank
- 46301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recognisable | recognizable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Able to be recognised. | Able to be recognized. |
Letter map: recognisable vs recognizable
Shared letters muted; letters that set recognisable and recognizable apart highlighted. Shared run: 11.
Pair insight - recognisable / recognizable
recognisable and recognizable are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - s in “recognisable” becomes z in “recognizable”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recognisable is recorded at frequency rank #30,194, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl/. recognizable is at rank #16,107, tagged as anadj.
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 46301, this pair ranks #213,066 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recognisable vs recognizable
Shared letters: abcegilnor. Private to "recognisable": s. Private to "recognizable": z.
"recognisable" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCCV · "recognizable" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recognisable ← ercognisable · rceognisable · reccognisable · recgonisable · recoggnisable · recoginsable · recogniasble · recognisabble
- recognizable ← ercognizable · rceognizable · reccognizable · recgonizable · recoggnizable · recoginzable · recogniazble · recognizabble
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recognisable" and "recognizable" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recognisable" vs "recognizable" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "recognisable" and "recognizable". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "recognisable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recognizable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,066 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #213,066 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.