quotable
/ˈkwəʊtəbəl/
"quotable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quotable” is uncommon English (frequency #55,044 among 2,880 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,044
- frequency rank, English
- 2,880
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capable or worthy of being quoted
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quotable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkwəʊtəbəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quotable” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quotable is uncommon English at frequency #55,044 among 2,880 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkwəʊtəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable or worthy of being quoted".
quotable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From quote + -able. The correct English form is quotable, spelled Q-U-O-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable or worthy of being quoted
Etymology
From quote + -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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Using “quotable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Q-U-O-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.