placable
"placable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“placable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be easily pacified; quick to forgive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-placable · placable · English
placable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | placable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “placable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
placable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for placable, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin plācābilis. The correct English form is placable, spelled P-L-A-C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be easily pacified; quick to forgive.
- 2Peaceable; quiet.
- 3Having the effect of pacifying, appeasing or pleasing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how placable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1577, Meredith Hanmer (translator), The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, London, The Seventh Booke of the Ecclesiasticall Historye of Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina, Chapter 17, […] after that the deuine and celestiall grace of God behelde vs with a placable and mercifull countenance, th…
[…] For ſince I ſaught By Prayer th' offended Deitie to appeaſe, Kneel'd and before him humbl'd all my heart, Methought I ſaw him placable and mild, Bending his eare;
Etymology
From Latin plācābilis.
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.