countable

/ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/

//ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl// adj

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"countable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“countable” is uncommon English (frequency #52,244 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,244
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

Corpus desk

Index EN-countable · countable · English

countable · rank #52,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,244
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cottrell

Nearest frequency peer: Cottrell (-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 “countable”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “countable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for countable
PropertyValue
Headwordcountable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,244
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “countable” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).countablefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Cottrell” (#52,243), “couplet” (#52,245), “cosmonaut” (#52,241). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “countable” is #52,244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

countable is uncommon English at frequency #52,244 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for countable, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able. The correct English form is countable, spelled C-O-U-N-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
  2. 2
    Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
  3. 3
    Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
  4. 4
    Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In these extracts the word abuse is used in the sense of ‘an individual piece of invective’ or ‘an abusive comment’ and is clearly a countable noun.

Etymology

From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able.

This word in other languages

contable(Español)dénombrable(Français)zählbar(Deutsch)

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 "countable"?
"countable" is spelled C-O-U-N-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/.
What does "countable" mean?
As an adjective, "countable" means: Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
How do you pronounce "countable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "countable" is /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/. 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 "countable"?
From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -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 "countable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cosmonaut#52,241coalesced#52,224Chowdhury#52,219duplicity#52,285

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list