chastisable
"chastisable" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chastisable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chastisable · chastisable · English
chastisable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chastisable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chastisable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chastisable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chastisable in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chastise + -able. The correct English form is chastisable, spelled C-H-A-S-T-I-S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chastisable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
it would be a personal crime, chastisable in the person who had committed it
Etymology
From chastise + -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.