perfectible
"perfectible" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perfectible” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perfectible · perfectible · English
perfectible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | perfectible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “perfectible” in English
Rare enough to double-check
perfectible is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for perfectible, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: From perfect + -ible. The correct English form is perfectible, spelled P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how perfectible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.
Etymology
From perfect + -ible.
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.