notable
no·ta·ble/ˈnoʊtəbl̩/adjective, noun
notable is spelled N-O-T-A-B-L-E, 3 syllables: no·ta·ble. The wrong spelling people search most is noteable: about 990 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Notable is an adjective meaning “Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished”.
How many letters and syllables are in notable?
| Letters | 7: N-O-T-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: no·ta·ble |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, noteable, about 990 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 notable?
Notable is spelled N-O-T-A-B-L-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 3 in 10 of the searches for notable 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 notable?
Notable appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th 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 notable?
- UK /ˈnəʊtəbl̩/
- US /ˈnoʊtəbl̩/
- US [ˈnoʊɾəbɫ̩]
Notable has 3 syllables, split no·ta·ble in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-notable.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of notable
- more notable comparative
- most notable superlative
- notables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does notable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
- 2
Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous.
- 3
That can be observed; perceptible.
- 4
archaicIndustrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management.
- 5
obsoleteUseful; profitable.
noun
- 1
A person or thing of distinction.
July 16 1875, Carl Schurz, letter to W. M. Grosvenor What we ought to have, in my opinion, is a meeting of notables–men whose names will be of weight with the country and who can be depended upon to agree to an independent course.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Notable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | remarquable, notable , personnage |
| German | bemerkenswert, erwähnenswert |
| Portuguese | notável |
| Spanish | notable, destacable, prócer |
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 notable come from?
Inherited from Middle English notable (“worthy of note, profitable, useful”), in some senses from Anglo-Norman notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notābilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“to note, mark”); in some senses from Middle English note (“benefit, profit, use, advantage”), from Old English notu (“t-use, profit, advantage, employment”) + -able; equivalent to note + -able. Compare English noteful (“useful”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).