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generalizable

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.laɪ.zə.bəl/adjective

generalizable is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-Z-A-B-L-E: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, generalizable means “Capable of being generalized” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in generalizable?

Letters13: G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-Z-A-B-L-E
Syllables6 (from its pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in 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).

How common is generalizable?

Generalizable appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 generalizable?

  • US /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.laɪ.zə.bəl/
  • US /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹəˌlaɪ.zə.bəl/
  • Australia /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹə.lɑe.zə.bəl/

Generalizable has 6 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of generalizable

  • more generalizable comparative
  • most generalizable superlative
  • generalisable

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does generalizable mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Capable of being generalized.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Generalizable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense 1. Capable of being generalized:

LanguageWords
Germanverallgemeinerbar
Spanishgeneralizable

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.

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