desirable
/dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/
"desirable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“desirable” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,919
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-desirable · desirable · English
desirable · rank #8,919 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #8,919
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH defendants
Nearest frequency peer: defendants (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “desirable”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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correspondence
91,085 corpus weight
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cowboy
91,084 corpus weight
- defendants
defendants
91,083 corpus weight
- desirable
desirable
91,082 corpus weight
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devastating
91,081 corpus weight
- diagram
diagram
91,080 corpus weight
What this shows “desirable” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desirable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “desirable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around desirable (IPA /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,919 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for desirable, with forms such as "ddesirable", "deisrable", and "desiarble". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "despicable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French desirable. Morphologically desire + -able. The correct English form is desirable, spelled D-E-S-I-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desirable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This applicant has almost all desirable properties.
It has long been recognised that complete segregation of control of the respective services provided by the two undertakings, and of the power supply, signalling, and tracks relating to each was desirable.
Etymology
From Old French desirable. Morphologically desire + -able.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesirable
- deisrable
- desiarble
- desirabble
- desirabel
- desirablle
- desiralbe
- desirbale
- desirible
- desirrable
- desriable
- dessirable
- dseirable
- edsirable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desirable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).