playable
/ˈpleɪəbəl/adjective, noun
playable is spelled P-L-A-Y-A-B-L-E: 8 letters. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, playable means “Able to be played” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in playable?
| Letters | 8: P-L-A-Y-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is playable?
Playable appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce playable?
- /ˈpleɪəbəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-playable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of playable
- playables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does playable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Able to be played.
Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.
- 2
Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?
- 3
Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
Some of the most playable games tend to be those that've been around the longest: the Breakout/Arkanoid/Batty imitators for instance, or, as here, the Asteroids clones.
noun
- 1
A character in a game who may be chosen as the player character.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Playable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense able to be played:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jouable |
| German | spielbar |
| Portuguese | jogável |
| Spanish | jugable, reproducible |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.