ascribable
adjective
ascribable is an adjective meaning “Able to be ascribed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-S-C-R-I-B-A-B-L-E, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ascribable mean?
adjective
- 1
Able to be ascribed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ascribable
- more ascribable comparative
- most ascribable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ascribable?
Ascribable appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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).
Ascribable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense able to be ascribed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | atribuible, imputable |
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 ascribable come from?
From ascribe + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).