doable
/ˈduː.ə.bəl/adjective, noun
doable is spelled D-O-A-B-L-E: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, doable means “Possible to do; feasible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in doable?
| Letters | 6: D-O-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is doable?
Doable appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th 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 doable?
- /ˈduː.ə.bəl/
Doable has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-doable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with doable
Also written: do-able (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with doable?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as doable.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: albedo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of doable
- more doable comparative
- most doable superlative
- do-able
- doables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Possible to do; feasible.
- 2
informalWorthy of sexual conquest.
Look at that chick - she's so doable!
noun
- 1
Something that can be done; a possible or practical task.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense possible to do:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | hacedero |
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 doable come from?
From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).