damnable
/ˈdæmnəbl̩/
"damnable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“damnable” is uncommon English (frequency #78,508 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,508
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being damned.
Corpus desk
Index EN-damnable · damnable · English
damnable · rank #78,508 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,508
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dalal
Nearest frequency peer: dalal (-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 “damnable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cyclocross
cyclocross
21,497 corpus weight
- Dacca
Dacca
21,495 corpus weight
- dalal
dalal
21,494 corpus weight
- damnable
damnable
21,493 corpus weight
- danceable
danceable
21,492 corpus weight
- daub
daub
21,490 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “damnable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | damnable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdæmnəbl̩/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “damnable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
damnable is uncommon English at frequency #78,508 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdæmnəbl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for damnable in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able. The correct English form is damnable, spelled D-A-M-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being damned.
- 2Deserving of damnation; very bad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how damnable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That damnable fridge has stopped working again.
Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable.
Etymology
From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -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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