# enviable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɛn.vi.ə.bl̩/ · frequency rank #34,046

## Definitions
1. Arousing or likely to arouse envy.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Old French enviebor.
Middle English envie
English envy
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English enviable
From envy + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives).

## Easily confused with
- **enable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enable-vs-enviable)

## Common misspellings (12)
`enivable`, `ennviable`, `envaible`, `enviabble`, `enviabel`, `enviablle`, `envialbe`, `envibale`, `enviible`, `envviable`, `evniable`, `neviable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/enviable