exceptionable
"exceptionable" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exceptionable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exceptionable · exceptionable · English
exceptionable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exceptionable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exceptionable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exceptionable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exceptionable, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From exception + -able. The correct English form is exceptionable, spelled E-X-C-E-P-T-I-O-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exceptionable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The subject however is rendered still more exceptionable by the aukward and ridiculous manner in which it is here treated.
Etymology
From exception + -able.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.