persuadable

adj

"persuadable" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“persuadable” 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 persuaded (convinced).

Corpus desk

Index EN-persuadable · persuadable · English

persuadable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for persuadable
PropertyValue
Headwordpersuadable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “persuadable” in English

persuadablesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

persuadable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to be persuaded (convinced).".

No misspelling variants are generated for persuadable in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From persuade + -able. The correct English form is persuadable, spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-D-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Able to be persuaded (convinced).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how persuadable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Near-synonyms: amenable; movable; reachable
  2. ‘Once Lady Anna is here, the bridegroom will be mellow, persuadable, and you will press your advantage.’

Etymology

From persuade + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "persuadable"?
"persuadable" is spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-D-A-B-L-E.
What does "persuadable" mean?
As an adjective, "persuadable" means: Able to be persuaded (convinced).
What is the origin of the word "persuadable"?
From persuade + -able. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list