explainability

noun

"explainability" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“explainability” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being explainable.

Corpus desk

Index EN-explainability · explainability · English

explainability · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for explainability
PropertyValue
Headwordexplainability
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “explainability” in English

explainabilityranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

explainability is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being explainable.".

Zero misspellings are on record for explainability in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From explain + -ability. The correct English form is explainability, spelled E-X-P-L-A-I-N-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being explainable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how explainability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “There’s this whole area of explainability, interpretability, where people want to understand how stuff works,” said Church. “With the older methods, you can actually get an answer to what’s going on. The latest, greatest stuff is kind of like magic. It works a lot better than the older stuff. But when it goes, it’s really bad.”

Etymology

From explain + -ability.

Synonyms

explicability

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "explainability"?
"explainability" is spelled E-X-P-L-A-I-N-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
What does "explainability" mean?
As a noun, "explainability" means: The state of being explainable.
What is the origin of the word "explainability"?
From explain + -ability. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list