questionable
ques·tio·nable/ˈkwɛst͡ʃənəbl̩/adjective
questionable is spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-B-L-E, 3 syllables: ques·tio·nable. The wrong spelling people search most is questonable: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 45 of all searches for the word. Questionable is an adjective meaning “Problematic; open to doubt or challenge”.
How many letters and syllables are in questionable?
| Letters | 12: Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ques·tio·nable |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, questonable, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell questionable?
Questionable is spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-B-L-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 45 of the searches for questionable in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is questionable?
Questionable appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th 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 questionable?
- /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənəbl̩/
Questionable has 3 syllables, split ques·tio·nable in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-questionable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of questionable
- more questionable comparative
- most questionable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does questionable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
- 2
Of dubious respectability or morality.
- 3
obsoleteInviting questions; inviting inquiry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Questionable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | discutable , douteux |
| German | fragwürdig , zwiespältig, gewagt, verwegen |
| Portuguese | questionável, contestável, duvidoso, problemático , dúbio |
| Spanish | dudoso, cuestionable, controvertible, sospechoso |
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.
Where does questionable come from?
From question + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).