editable
"editable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“editable” is uncommon English (frequency #69,020 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,020
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being edited.
Corpus desk
Index EN-editable · editable · English
editable · rank #69,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,020
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Edom
Nearest frequency peer: Edom (+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 “editable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- détente
détente
30,985 corpus weight
- echidna
echidna
30,983 corpus weight
- editable
editable
30,981 corpus weight
- Edom
Edom
30,980 corpus weight
- elocution
elocution
30,978 corpus weight
- elucidating
elucidating
30,977 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “editable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | editable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “editable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
editable is uncommon English at frequency #69,020 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being edited.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for editable, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From edit + -able. The correct English form is editable, spelled E-D-I-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being edited.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how editable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This page is editable by anyone.
Etymology
From edit + -able.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).