enjoyable
/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/adjective
enjoyable is spelled E-N-J-O-Y-A-B-L-E: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, enjoyable means “Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in enjoyable?
| Letters | 9: E-N-J-O-Y-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th 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 enjoyable?
Enjoyable appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 enjoyable?
- /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/
- /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/
Enjoyable has 4 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-enjoyable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of enjoyable
- more enjoyable comparative
- most enjoyable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does enjoyable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure.
That was an enjoyable day; I had a lot of fun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Enjoyable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense giving pleasure or delight:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | agréable, amusant |
| German | angenehm, unterhaltsam, amüsant, vergnüglich |
| Spanish | agradable, ameno, disfrutable |
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 enjoyable come from?
From enjoy + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).