absorbable
/əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/
"absorbable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“absorbable” is uncommon English (frequency #78,321 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,321
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-absorbable · absorbable · English
absorbable · rank #78,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,321
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abided
Nearest frequency peer: abided (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “absorbable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aberdare
Aberdare
21,682 corpus weight
- abided
abided
21,681 corpus weight
- absorbable
absorbable
21,680 corpus weight
- ACG
ACG
21,676 corpus weight
- acyclic
acyclic
21,673 corpus weight
- adulteration
adulteration
21,670 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “absorbable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absorbable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “absorbable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
absorbable is uncommon English at frequency #78,321 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for absorbable, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From absorb + -able. First attested in the late 18th century. The correct English form is absorbable, spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Etymology
From absorb + -able. First attested in the late 18th century.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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