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destructible

/dɪˈstɹʌktɪbəl/adjective

destructible is spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-B-L-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, destructible means “Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in destructible?

Letters12: D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-B-L-E
In writingabout once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is destructible?

Destructible appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce destructible?

  • /dɪˈstɹʌktɪbəl/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-destructible.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of destructible

  • more destructible comparative
  • most destructible superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does destructible mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Destructible in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense liable to destruction:

LanguageWords
Frenchdestructible
Spanishdestruible, destructible

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does destructible come from?

From destruct + -ible.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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