buildable
"buildable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buildable” is uncommon English (frequency #89,193 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,193
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That can be built.
Corpus desk
Index EN-buildable · buildable · English
buildable · rank #89,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,193
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Buchman
Nearest frequency peer: Buchman (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “buildable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brossard
Brossard
10,812 corpus weight
- btm
btm
10,810 corpus weight
- Buchman
Buchman
10,809 corpus weight
- buildable
buildable
10,808 corpus weight
- calorimeter
calorimeter
10,806 corpus weight
- Capulet
Capulet
10,802 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “buildable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buildable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “buildable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
buildable is uncommon English at frequency #89,193 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for buildable, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From build + -able. The correct English form is buildable, spelled B-U-I-L-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1That can be built.
- 2Suitable for building on.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how buildable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is […] perched on the last buildable site on the presidential inaugural parade route between the Capitol and the White House.
Etymology
From build + -able.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).