configurable
/kənˈfɪ.ɡə.ɹə.bəl/
"configurable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“configurable” is uncommon English (frequency #53,457 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,457
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-configurable · configurable · English
configurable · rank #53,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,457
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conductance
Nearest frequency peer: conductance (-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 “configurable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- collude
collude
46,548 corpus weight
- comparator
comparator
46,547 corpus weight
- conductance
conductance
46,545 corpus weight
- configurable
configurable
46,544 corpus weight
- conflated
conflated
46,543 corpus weight
- contessa
contessa
46,541 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “configurable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | configurable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kənˈfɪ.ɡə.ɹə.bəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #53,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “configurable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
configurable is uncommon English at frequency #53,457 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kənˈfɪ.ɡə.ɹə.bəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.".
No misspelling variants are generated for configurable in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From configure + -able. The correct English form is configurable, spelled C-O-N-F-I-G-U-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how configurable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
CA's other offering, the Basic Desk, is configurable from a minimum single-terminal, dual-floppy disk system to a four-terminal version supporting multiple floppy and 10M-byte disks.
Configurable in sixty-four possible variations, the Honda Element is, hands-down, the jigsaw puzzle of transportation.
Etymology
From configure + -able.
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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