laughable
/ˈlaːfəbl̩/
"laughable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laughable” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,022
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laughable · laughable · English
laughable · rank #23,022 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,022
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Kristina
Nearest frequency peer: Kristina (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “laughable”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Karim
Karim
76,984 corpus weight
- Klan
Klan
76,981 corpus weight
- Kristina
Kristina
76,980 corpus weight
- laughable
laughable
76,979 corpus weight
- Lennox
Lennox
76,978 corpus weight
- locus
locus
76,975 corpus weight
What this shows “laughable” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laughable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlaːfəbl̩/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “laughable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around laughable (IPA /ˈlaːfəbl̩/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,022 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for laughable, with forms such as "alughable", "laguhable", and "laugahble". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "laudable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From laugh + -able. The correct English form is laughable, spelled L-A-U-G-H-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
- 2Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laughable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.
Etymology
From laugh + -able.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alughable
- laguhable
- laugahble
- laugghable
- laughabble
- laughabel
- laughablle
- laughalbe
- laughbale
- laughhable
- laughible
- lauhgable
- llaughable
- luaghable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laughable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laughable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).