explainable
"explainable" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“explainable” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,202 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #68,202
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Able to be explained or understood
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explainable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “explainable” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for explainable is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #68,202 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Able to be explained or understood".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for explainable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From explain + -able from Latin explanō (“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”). The correct English form is explainable, spelled E-X-P-L-A-I-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be explained or understood
Etymology
From explain + -able from Latin explanō (“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”).
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “explainable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-X-P-L-A-I-N-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.