movable
/ˈmuːvəbəl/
"movable" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“movable” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,914
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-movable · movable · English
movable · rank #23,914 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,914
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH morphological
Nearest frequency peer: morphological (-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 “movable”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Montenegro
Montenegro
76,090 corpus weight
- moo
moo
76,089 corpus weight
- morphologic…
morphological
76,088 corpus weight
- movable
movable
76,087 corpus weight
- mucus
mucus
76,086 corpus weight
- mulberry
mulberry
76,085 corpus weight
What this shows “movable” 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 | movable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmuːvəbəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “movable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around movable (IPA /ˈmuːvəbəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,914 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for movable, with forms such as "mmovable", "moavble", and "movabble". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "moveable", "morale", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able. The correct English form is movable, spelled M-O-V-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
- 2Changing from one time to another.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how movable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.
This feast is movable - its date varies from year to year.
Etymology
From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmovable
- moavble
- movabble
- movabel
- movablle
- movalbe
- movbale
- movible
- movvable
- mvoable
- omvable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of movable - 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 "movable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).