correctable
/kəˈɹɛktəbəl/
"correctable" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“correctable” is uncommon English (frequency #96,889 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,889
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be corrected.
Corpus desk
Index EN-correctable · correctable · English
correctable · rank #96,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,889
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cornball
Nearest frequency peer: cornball (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “correctable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cookeville
Cookeville
3,117 corpus weight
- cootie
cootie
3,115 corpus weight
- cornball
cornball
3,114 corpus weight
- correctable
correctable
3,112 corpus weight
- Corunna
Corunna
3,110 corpus weight
- Cowden
Cowden
3,106 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “correctable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | correctable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈɹɛktəbəl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “correctable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
correctable is uncommon English at frequency #96,889 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈɹɛktəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to be corrected.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for correctable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English correctable, equivalent to correct + -able. The correct English form is correctable, spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be corrected.
Etymology
From Middle English correctable, equivalent to correct + -able.
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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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