controllability
"controllability" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“controllability” is uncommon English (frequency #96,882 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,882
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality or extent of being controllable; controllableness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-controllability · controllability · English
controllability · rank #96,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,882
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH consanguinity
Nearest frequency peer: consanguinity (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “controllability”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- consanguini…
consanguinity
3,121 corpus weight
- controllabi…
controllability
3,119 corpus weight
- Cookeville
Cookeville
3,117 corpus weight
- cootie
cootie
3,115 corpus weight
- cornball
cornball
3,114 corpus weight
- correctable
correctable
3,112 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “controllability” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | controllability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #96,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “controllability” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
controllability is uncommon English at frequency #96,882 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality or extent of being controllable; controllableness.".
controllability has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From controllable + -ity. The correct English form is controllability, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality or extent of being controllable; controllableness.
Etymology
From controllable + -ity.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.