excitable
ex·cit·a·ble/ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/adjective
excitable is spelled E-X-C-I-T-A-B-L-E: 9 letters and 4 syllables (ex·cit·a·ble). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, excitable means “Easily excited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in excitable?
| Letters | 9: E-X-C-I-T-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ex·cit·a·ble |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd 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 excitable?
Excitable appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 excitable?
- /ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/
Excitable has 4 syllables, split ex·cit·a·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-excitable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of excitable
- more excitable comparative
- most excitable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does excitable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Easily excited.
The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture.
- 2
Able to respond to external stimuli.
- 3
Able to be promoted to an excited state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Excitable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense easily excited:
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 excitable come from?
From excite + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).