maintainable
"maintainable" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maintainable” is uncommon English (frequency #74,283 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,283
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Able to be maintained
Corpus desk
Index EN-maintainable · maintainable · English
maintainable · rank #74,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,283
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Malthus
Nearest frequency peer: Malthus (+3 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 “maintainable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lovelier
lovelier
25,724 corpus weight
- maintainable
maintainable
25,718 corpus weight
- Malthus
Malthus
25,715 corpus weight
- Mamata
Mamata
25,714 corpus weight
- Mandan
Mandan
25,713 corpus weight
- mangal
mangal
25,712 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “maintainable” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maintainable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maintainable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maintainable is uncommon English at frequency #74,283 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to be maintained".
No generated misspelling entries exist for maintainable in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From maintain + -able. The correct English form is maintainable, spelled M-A-I-N-T-A-I-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be maintained
Etymology
From maintain + -able.
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 "maintainable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 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.