amenable
/əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/adjective
amenable is spelled A-M-E-N-A-B-L-E: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, amenable means “Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in amenable?
| Letters | 8: A-M-E-N-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is amenable?
Amenable appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 amenable?
- UK /əˈmiːnəbəl/
- US /əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/
- US /əˈmin.ə.bəl/
Amenable 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-amenable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with amenable?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as amenable from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnəbəl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nameable.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of amenable
- more amenable comparative
- most amenable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does amenable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
- 2
Willing to comply; easily led.
- 3
Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
- 4
Liable to the legal authority of (something).
Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
- 5
Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Amenable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | fügsam, gefügig, zugängig, zugänglich |
| Portuguese | aberto, receptivo |
| French | conciliant |
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.
Where does amenable come from?
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).