avoidable
/əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/adjective, noun
avoidable is spelled A-V-O-I-D-A-B-L-E: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, avoidable means “Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in avoidable?
| Letters | 9: A-V-O-I-D-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is avoidable?
Avoidable appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 avoidable?
- /əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/
Avoidable 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-avoidable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of avoidable
- more avoidable comparative
- most avoidable superlative
- avoidables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does avoidable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
- 2
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
The minister confessed that many of the deaths were avoidable.
noun
- 1
Something that can or should be avoided.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Avoidable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | évitable |
| German | vermeidbar |
| Spanish | evitable |
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 avoidable come from?
From avoid + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).