# honorable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/ · frequency rank #9,480

## Definitions
1. Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
2. Worthy of respect; respectable.
3. Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.
4. A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.

## Etymology
From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

## Easily confused with
- **honorably** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honorable-vs-honorably)
- **honourable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honorable-vs-honourable)

## Common misspellings (14)
`hhonorable`, `hnoorable`, `honnorable`, `honoarble`, `honorabble`, `honorabel`, `honorablle`, `honoralbe`, `honorbale`, `honorible`, `honorrable`, `honroable`, `hoonrable`, `ohnorable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/honorable