pardonable
/ˈpɑː(ɹ)dənəbəl/
"pardonable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pardonable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pardonable · pardonable · English
pardonable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pardonable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɑː(ɹ)dənəbəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pardonable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pardonable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɑː(ɹ)dənəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pardonable in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from unpardonable, equivalent to pardon + -able. The correct English form is pardonable, spelled P-A-R-D-O-N-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.
Etymology
Back-formation from unpardonable, equivalent to pardon + -able.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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.