extinguishable

adj

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

The verdict

“extinguishable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Able to be extinguished.

Corpus desk

Index EN-extinguishable · extinguishable · English

extinguishable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for extinguishable
PropertyValue
Headwordextinguishable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “extinguishable” in English

extinguishableranks 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

extinguishable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to be extinguished.".

No misspelling variants are generated for extinguishable in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From extinguish + -able. The correct English form is extinguishable, spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-S-H-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Able to be extinguished.

Etymology

From extinguish + -able.

Antonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "extinguishable"?
"extinguishable" is spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-S-H-A-B-L-E.
What does "extinguishable" mean?
As an adjective, "extinguishable" means: Able to be extinguished.
What is the origin of the word "extinguishable"?
From extinguish + -able. 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