memorable
/ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/
"memorable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“memorable” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,474 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,474
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | memorable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “memorable” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for memorable is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,474 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for memorable, with forms such as "emmorable", "memmorable", and "memoarble". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia). The correct English form is memorable, spelled M-E-M-O-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
Etymology
From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emmorable,memmorable,memoarble,memorabble,memorabel,memorablle,memoralbe,memorbale,memorible,memorrable,memroable,meomrable,mmemorable,mmeorable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of memorable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “memorable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-E-M-O-R-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.