filterable
adjective
filterable is an adjective meaning “Able to be separated by filtration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-L-T-E-R-A-B-L-E, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does filterable mean?
adjective
- 1
Able to be separated by filtration
- 2
That can pass through a specified filter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of filterable
- more filterable comparative
- most filterable superlative
- filtrable
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is filterable?
Filterable appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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).
Filterable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense able to be separated by filtration:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | filtrierbar, filterfähig |
| Portuguese | filtrável |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does filterable come from?
From filter + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).