manageable
man·age·a·ble/ˈmænəd͡ʒəbəl/adjective
manageable is spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-A-B-L-E, 4 syllables: man·age·a·ble. The wrong spelling people search most is managable: about 220 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Manageable is an adjective meaning “Capable of being managed or controlled”.
How many letters and syllables are in manageable?
| Letters | 10: M-A-N-A-G-E-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: man·age·a·ble |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, managable, about 220 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell manageable?
Manageable is spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-A-B-L-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for manageable in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is manageable?
Manageable appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce manageable?
- UK /ˈmænɪd͡ʒəbəl/
- US /ˈmænəd͡ʒəbəl/
- US [ˈmɛənəd͡ʒəbɫ̩]
Manageable has 4 syllables, split man·age·a·ble in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-manageable.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of manageable
- more manageable comparative
- most manageable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manageable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Capable of being managed or controlled.
- 2
Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manageable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense capable of being managed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | maniable, gérable |
| German | handhabbar |
| Portuguese | gerível |
| Spanish | manejable, gestionable, llevadero, mañero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does manageable come from?
From manage + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).