ignorable

adj

"ignorable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ignorable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be ignored.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ignorable · ignorable · English

ignorable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for ignorable
PropertyValue
Headwordignorable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “ignorable” in English

ignorablefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ignorable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ignorable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From ignore + -able. The correct English form is ignorable, spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Able to be ignored.
  2. 2
    Insignificant or trivial enough to be ignored.
  3. 3
    Unrelated to the parameters being estimated

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ignorable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Users on this Internet chat system are ignorable by right-clicking the user name.
  2. Although there is an abundance of statistical literature describing (complicated) methods that can be used to investigate whether or not one is dealing with ignorable or informative missing data in a longitudinal study (see, for instance, Diggle, 1989; Ridout, 1991; Diggle et al., 1994), it is basically quote easy to investigat this matter.

Etymology

From ignore + -able.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ignorable"?
"ignorable" is spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-B-L-E.
What does "ignorable" mean?
As an adjective, "ignorable" means: Able to be ignored.
What is the origin of the word "ignorable"?
From ignore + -able. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list