considerable

Name: considerable, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/

//kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“considerable” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,661
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Significant; worth considering.

Corpus desk

Index EN-considerable · considerable · English

considerable · rank #4,661 · 19 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,661
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH colleges

Nearest frequency peer: colleges (-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.

brick

95,343
Brooklyn

95,342
colleges

95,341
considerable

95,340
conventional

95,339
Danny

95,338

What this shows “considerable” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

considerable vs considerate

83% similar

considerable vs considerably

92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for considerable
Property	Value
Headword	considerable
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#4,661
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “considerable”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).considerablelands here:

#4,661

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “colleges” (#4,660), “conventional” (#4,662), “Brooklyn” (#4,659). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “considerable” is #4,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around considerable (IPA /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,661 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for considerable, with forms such as "cconsiderable", "cnosiderable", and "conisderable". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "considerate", "considerably", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From consider + -able. The correct English form is considerable, spelled C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

1
Significant; worth considering.
2
Large in amount.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how considerable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Soon I became a considerable figure in the music industry.
Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

Etymology

From consider + -able.

Antonyms

ignorable negligible

This word in other languages

considerable(Español)considérable(Français)erheblich(Deutsch)considerável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cconsiderable
cnosiderable
conisderable
connsiderable
consdierable
considderable
considearble
considerabble
considerabel
considerablle
consideralbe
considerbale
considerible
considerrable
considreable
consiedrable
conssiderable
cosniderable
ocnsiderable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of considerable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "considerable"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "considerable"?

"considerable" is spelled C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/.

What does "considerable" mean?

As an adjective, "considerable" means: Significant; worth considering.

What words are commonly confused with "considerable"?

"considerable" is commonly confused with "considerate", "considerably". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "considerable"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "considerable" is /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "considerable"?

From consider + -able. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "considerable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conventional#4,662 nevertheless#4,692 intervention#4,609 consistently#4,745

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

improvements19 variants photographer19 variants subsequently19 variants demonstrated19 variants