creditable
/ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl/
"creditable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“creditable” is uncommon English (frequency #51,637 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,637
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Credible or believable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-creditable · creditable · English
creditable · rank #51,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,637
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH creak
Nearest frequency peer: creak (-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 “creditable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- crags
crags
48,367 corpus weight
- creak
creak
48,365 corpus weight
- creditable
creditable
48,364 corpus weight
- cringey
cringey
48,363 corpus weight
- curatorial
curatorial
48,361 corpus weight
- cutesy
cutesy
48,360 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “creditable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | creditable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “creditable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
creditable is uncommon English at frequency #51,637 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for creditable in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From credit + -able. The correct English form is creditable, spelled C-R-E-D-I-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Credible or believable.
- 2That brings credit or honour; respectable.
- 3That can be assigned; assignable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how creditable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Before receiving his testimony, the officer is required to ascertain from his own knowledge or by a creditable witness that he is a subscribing witness to the deed.
A more creditable rumour concerned Valentino's hallmark killer glance ...
Etymology
From credit + -able.
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.
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