findability
noun
findability is a noun meaning “The ability to be found” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-N-D-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does findability mean?
noun
- 1
The ability to be found.
- 2
The quality of a particular object being locatable.
- 3
The quality of a whole system being navigable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is findability?
Findability appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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).
Findability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ability to be found:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Findbarkeit |
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 findability come from?
From find + -ability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).