extendable
/ɛkˈstɛndəbl̩/
"extendable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“extendable” is uncommon English (frequency #58,678 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,678
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being extended.
Corpus desk
Index EN-extendable · extendable · English
extendable · rank #58,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,678
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH factorization
Nearest frequency peer: factorization (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “extendable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- excl
excl
41,327 corpus weight
- exorcise
exorcise
41,326 corpus weight
- extendable
extendable
41,323 corpus weight
- factorizati…
factorization
41,322 corpus weight
- fajr
fajr
41,319 corpus weight
- farmyard
farmyard
41,316 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “extendable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extendable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛkˈstɛndəbl̩/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “extendable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
extendable is uncommon English at frequency #58,678 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɛkˈstɛndəbl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being extended.".
extendable has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From extend + -able. The correct English form is extendable, spelled E-X-T-E-N-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being extended.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how extendable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The extendable boom of the arm is designed to reach out 10 feet and have a lateral range of 120 degrees.
Etymology
From extend + -able.
This word in other languages
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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