biddable
/ˈbɪdəbəl/
"biddable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“biddable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Docile, amenable or compliant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-biddable · biddable · English
biddable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biddable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɪdəbəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “biddable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
biddable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbɪdəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for biddable in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bid + -able. The correct English form is biddable, spelled B-I-D-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Docile, amenable or compliant.
- 2Suitable for bidding.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how biddable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was a quite biddable creature and good-hearted, but she had a flow of talk that was as steady as a mill, and made your head sore like the drays and wagons in a city.
The conscripts took their fate unquestioning: resignedly, after the custom of Turkish peasantry. […] There was about them a hopeless, fever-wasted lack of initiative, which made them the most biddable, most enduring, and least spirited soldiers in the world.
Etymology
From bid + -able.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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