playability
"playability" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“playability” is uncommon English (frequency #67,737 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,737
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The state or property of being playable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-playability · playability · English
playability · rank #67,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,737
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pitstop
Nearest frequency peer: pitstop (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “playability”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pinyin
pinyin
32,267 corpus weight
- pitstop
pitstop
32,265 corpus weight
- playability
playability
32,264 corpus weight
- plexiglass
plexiglass
32,263 corpus weight
- poignantly
poignantly
32,262 corpus weight
- Poona
Poona
32,261 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “playability” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | playability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “playability” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
playability is uncommon English at frequency #67,737 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for playability, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From play + -ability or playable + -ity. The correct English form is playability, spelled P-L-A-Y-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or property of being playable.
- 2The quality and enjoyability of a game's gameplay.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how playability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mutant Chickens from Mars has great graphics, but the playability is lacking.
Etymology
From play + -ability or playable + -ity.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.