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checkable

adjective

checkable is an adjective meaning “Able to be verified (confirmed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-E-C-K-A-B-L-E, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does checkable mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Able to be verified (confirmed).

  2. 2

    Able to be marked with a check mark (a tick mark).

  3. 3

    Able to be restrained and controlled.

  4. 4

    Alternative form of chequable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of checkable

  • more checkable comparative
  • most checkable superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is checkable?

Checkable appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).

Where does checkable come from?

From check + -able.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).