evitable
evi·ta·ble/ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/adjective
evitable is spelled E-V-I-T-A-B-L-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (evi·ta·ble). It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, evitable means “Possible to avoid; avertible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in evitable?
| Letters | 8: E-V-I-T-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: evi·ta·ble |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is evitable?
Evitable appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 evitable?
- UK /ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/
- US /ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/
- US /-ɾə-/
Evitable has 3 syllables, split evi·ta·ble in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-evitable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of evitable
- more evitable comparative
- most evitable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evitable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Possible to avoid; avertible.
The tragic consequences were evitable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evitable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense possible to avoid:
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 evitable come from?
From Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītō (“to avoid”) + -bilis (“-able”, able or worthy to be). The former is derived from ē- (“out”) + vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- (“separate, set apart”), a compound of *dwi- (“two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).