acceptableness

/ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl.nəs/

//ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl.nəs// noun

"acceptableness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“acceptableness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

Corpus desk

Index EN-acceptableness · acceptableness · English

acceptableness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for acceptableness
PropertyValue
Headwordacceptableness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl.nəs/
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “acceptableness” in English

acceptablenessranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acceptableness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for acceptableness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From acceptable + -ness. The correct English form is acceptableness, spelled A-C-C-E-P-T-A-B-L-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

Etymology

From acceptable + -ness.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acceptableness"?
"acceptableness" is spelled A-C-C-E-P-T-A-B-L-E-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl.nəs/.
What does "acceptableness" mean?
As a noun, "acceptableness" means: The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
How do you pronounce "acceptableness"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acceptableness" is /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl.nəs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "acceptableness"?
From acceptable + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list