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prosecutable

adjective

prosecutable is spelled P-R-O-S-E-C-U-T-A-B-L-E: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, prosecutable means “Able to be prosecuted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in prosecutable?

Letters12: P-R-O-S-E-C-U-T-A-B-L-E
Syllables5 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is prosecutable?

Prosecutable appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 prosecutable?

    Prosecutable has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of prosecutable

    • more prosecutable comparative
    • most prosecutable superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does prosecutable mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Able to be prosecuted.

      a prosecutable offence

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does prosecutable come from?

    From prosecute + -able.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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