favorable
fav·or·able/ˈfeɪ.vɚ.əbl/adjective
favorable is spelled F-A-V-O-R-A-B-L-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (fav·or·able). It appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “favorable vs favourable” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, favorable means “US standard spelling of favourable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in favorable?
| Letters | 9: F-A-V-O-R-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: fav·or·able |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is favorable?
Favorable appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce favorable?
- US /ˈfeɪ.vɚ.əbl/
Favorable has 3 syllables, split fav·or·able in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-favorable.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with favorable
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: favourable.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of favorable
- more favorable comparative
- most favorable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does favorable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USUS standard spelling of favourable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does favorable come from?
From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favor + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).