billable
/ˈbɪləbəl/
"billable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“billable” is uncommon English (frequency #67,257 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,257
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capable of being billed for.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | billable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɪləbəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “billable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
billable is uncommon English at frequency #67,257 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbɪləbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being billed for.".
billable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bill + -able. The correct English form is billable, spelled B-I-L-L-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being billed for.
Etymology
From bill + -able.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “billable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-I-L-L-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.