hackable
"hackable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hackable” is uncommon English (frequency #96,032 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,032
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hackable · hackable · English
hackable · rank #96,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,032
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH halftone
Nearest frequency peer: halftone (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hackable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Guilbert
Guilbert
3,974 corpus weight
- Guyon
Guyon
3,972 corpus weight
- hackable
hackable
3,969 corpus weight
- halftone
halftone
3,967 corpus weight
- halyard
halyard
3,965 corpus weight
- Hamby
Hamby
3,963 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hackable” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hackable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hackable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hackable is uncommon English at frequency #96,032 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hackable has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hack + -able. The correct English form is hackable, spelled H-A-C-K-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
- 2That lends itself to hacking (technical tinkering and modification); moddable.
Etymology
From hack + -able.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hackable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.