explicable
/ɪkˈsplɪkəbəl/
"explicable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“explicable” is uncommon English (frequency #97,009 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,009
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be explained.
Corpus desk
Index EN-explicable · explicable · English
explicable · rank #97,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,009
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH extragalactic
Nearest frequency peer: extragalactic (+1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “explicable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- evince
evince
2,997 corpus weight
- excitingly
excitingly
2,995 corpus weight
- explicable
explicable
2,992 corpus weight
- extragalact…
extragalactic
2,991 corpus weight
- extrude
extrude
2,990 corpus weight
- Fabs
Fabs
2,988 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “explicable” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explicable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪkˈsplɪkəbəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “explicable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
explicable is uncommon English at frequency #97,009 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪkˈsplɪkəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to be explained.".
No misspelling variants are generated for explicable in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French explicable, from Latin explicabilis, from explicō (“unfold, explain”). The correct English form is explicable, spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be explained.
Etymology
From Middle French explicable, from Latin explicabilis, from explicō (“unfold, explain”).
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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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