# permeable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɜːmiəbəl/ · frequency rank #39,025

## Definitions
1. Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
2. Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.

## Etymology
From Middle English permeable, permiable, from Latin permeābilis.

## Easily confused with
- **permeate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/permeable-vs-permeate)

## Common misspellings (14)
`eprmeable`, `pemreable`, `peremable`, `permaeble`, `permeabble`, `permeabel`, `permeablle`, `permealbe`, `permebale`, `permeible`, `permmeable`, `perrmeable`, `ppermeable`, `premeable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/permeable