advisable
adjective
advisable is spelled A-D-V-I-S-A-B-L-E: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, advisable means “Worthy of being recommended; desirable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in advisable?
| Letters | 9: A-D-V-I-S-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is advisable?
Advisable appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce advisable?
Advisable has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-advisable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of advisable
- more advisable comparative
- most advisable superlative
- adviseable
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does advisable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
- 2
Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Advisable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense worthy of being recommended:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | ratsam, empfehlenswert |
| Portuguese | aconselhável, recomendável |
| Spanish | aconsejable, recomendable, conveniente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.