# arable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈæɹəbl̩/ · frequency rank #30,313

## Definitions
1. Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
2. Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).

## Etymology
From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).

## Easily confused with
- **Arabs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arable-vs-arabs)
- **argyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arable-vs-argyle)
- **arguable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arable-vs-arguable)
- **able** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/able-vs-arable)
- **Arab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arab-vs-arable)
- **Arabia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-arable)
- **Arabic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabic-vs-arable)
- **amiable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amiable-vs-arable)
- **affable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/affable-vs-arable)
- **adorable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorable-vs-arable)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aarble`, `arabble`, `arabel`, `arablle`, `aralbe`, `arbale`, `arible`, `arrable`, `raable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arable