alienable
/ˈeɪljənəbəl/
"alienable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alienable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another
Corpus desk
Index EN-alienable · alienable · English
alienable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alienable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈeɪljənəbəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alienable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alienable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈeɪljənəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another".
No misspelling variants are generated for alienable in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From alien + -able. The correct English form is alienable, spelled A-L-I-E-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alienable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
Etymology
From alien + -able.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.