attainable
at·tain·a·ble/əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/adjective, noun
attainable is spelled A-T-T-A-I-N-A-B-L-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables (at·tain·a·ble). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, attainable means “Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in attainable?
| Letters | 10: A-T-T-A-I-N-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: at·tain·a·ble |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is attainable?
Attainable appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 attainable?
- US /əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/
- Australia /əˈtæɪ.nə.bəl/
Attainable has 4 syllables, split at·tain·a·ble in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-attainable.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with attainable
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with attainable?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as attainable from its last stressed vowel (/eɪnəbəl/):
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 attainable
- more attainable comparative
- most attainable superlative
- attainables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does attainable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained.
noun
- 1
Something that can be attained.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Attainable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | réalisable, atteignable |
| German | erreichbar, verwirklichbar |
| Portuguese | atingível, alcançável, realizável |
| Spanish | alcanzable, realizable, asequible, lograble, obtenible, conseguible |
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 attainable come from?
From attain + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).