condemnable
/kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl/
"condemnable" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“condemnable” 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) - Deserving of condemnation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-condemnable · condemnable · English
condemnable · 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 | condemnable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “condemnable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
condemnable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deserving of condemnation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for condemnable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From condemn + -able. The correct English form is condemnable, spelled C-O-N-D-E-M-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Deserving of condemnation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how condemnable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is not the fault of any creed, but of the complicated nature of human affairs, […] that hardly any kind of action can safely be laid down as either always obligatory or always condemnable.
He’s got the one issue that’s utterly condemnable, but he was really quite open.
Etymology
From condemn + -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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.