inheritable
/ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/
"inheritable" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inheritable” is uncommon English (frequency #98,262 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,262
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - That can be inherited.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inheritable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inheritable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
inheritable is uncommon English at frequency #98,262 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
inheritable has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English enheritable (“inheritable”), from Anglo-Norman enheritable; equivalent to inherit + -able. The correct English form is inheritable, spelled I-N-H-E-R-I-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1That can be inherited.
- 2Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English enheritable (“inheritable”), from Anglo-Norman enheritable; equivalent to inherit + -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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “inheritable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-H-E-R-I-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.