# countable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/ · frequency rank #52,244

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/countable