gradable
/ˈɡɹeɪdəbəl/adjective, noun
gradable is spelled G-R-A-D-A-B-L-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gradable means “Able to form degrees or grades” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gradable?
| Letters | 8: G-R-A-D-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 gradable?
Gradable appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 gradable?
- /ˈɡɹeɪdəbəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gradable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gradable
- gradables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gradable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Able to form degrees or grades
- 2
Able to occur in varying degrees; able to be inflected or modified to express degrees of meaning.
- 3
steep, but still able to be climbed by a motor vehicle
noun
- 1
A word that can be inflected to specify the degree or grade of something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gradable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense grammar: able to occur in degrees:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | graduable, gradable, comparable |
| German | steigerbar, steigerungsfähig, graduierbar, komparierbar |
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 gradable come from?
From grade + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).