enabled

UK /ɛˈneɪbl̩d/adjective, verb

enabled is spelled E-N-A-B-L-E-D: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, enabled means “Being capable for use or action; not disabled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in enabled?

Letters	7: E-N-A-B-L-E-D
Syllables	3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	13 times per million words; the 5,957th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

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).

How common is enabled?

Enabled appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form in the list.

enabled0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

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

How do you pronounce enabled?

UK /ɛˈneɪbl̩d/
UK [ɛˈneɪbəɫd]
UK /ɪ-/

Enabled 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: En-us-enabled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of enabled

more enabled comparative
most enabled superlative

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

What does enabled mean?

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

adjective

1
Being capable for use or action; not disabled.
2
Adapted for use with the specified mechanism or system.
Ajax-enabled

verb

1
simple past and past participle of enable (a form of enable)