purchasable
"purchasable" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“purchasable” is uncommon English (frequency #88,747 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,747
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be purchased; available for purchase.
Corpus desk
Index EN-purchasable · purchasable · English
purchasable · rank #88,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,747
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH purdah
Nearest frequency peer: purdah (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “purchasable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- protractor
protractor
11,259 corpus weight
- PRR
PRR
11,258 corpus weight
- psychomotor
psychomotor
11,256 corpus weight
- purchasable
purchasable
11,254 corpus weight
- purdah
purdah
11,253 corpus weight
- pushup
pushup
11,251 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “purchasable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | purchasable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “purchasable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
purchasable is uncommon English at frequency #88,747 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for purchasable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From purchase + -able. The correct English form is purchasable, spelled P-U-R-C-H-A-S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be purchased; available for purchase.
- 2Affordable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how purchasable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For years the Kama Sutra was only available to sailors and tourists coming back from Bombay, or purchasable in Paris stalls along the Seine as a dirty book.
Etymology
From purchase + -able.
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.
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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).