forgivable

adj

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"forgivable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“forgivable” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,384 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#64,384
frequency rank, English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

Key facts for forgivable
PropertyValue
Headwordforgivable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,384
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “forgivable” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). forgivable lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for forgivable is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #64,384 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for forgivable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From forgive + -able. Partially displaced non-native Middle English pardonable (“capable of being pardoned, forgivable”) from Old French pardonable (“forgivable”). The correct English form is forgivable, spelled F-O-R-G-I-V-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
  2. 2
    Of a loan, or a portion of it: such that repayment may be deferred for a period, or canceled, by the lender, if the borrower meets certain obligations.

Etymology

From forgive + -able. Partially displaced non-native Middle English pardonable (“capable of being pardoned, forgivable”) from Old French pardonable (“forgivable”).

This word in other languages

pardonnable(Français)verzeihlich(Deutsch)perdoável(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "forgivable"?
"forgivable" is spelled F-O-R-G-I-V-A-B-L-E.
What does "forgivable" mean?
As an adjective, "forgivable" means: Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
What is the origin of the word "forgivable"?
From forgive + -able. Partially displaced non-native Middle English pardonable (“capable of being pardoned, forgivable”) from Old French pardonable (“forgivable”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “forgivable”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-O-R-G-I-V-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list