recordable
"recordable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“recordable” is uncommon English (frequency #86,684 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,684
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That can be recorded; capturable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-recordable · recordable · English
recordable · rank #86,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,684
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH recognizably
Nearest frequency peer: recognizably (-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 “recordable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reall
reall
13,319 corpus weight
- recognizably
recognizably
13,318 corpus weight
- recordable
recordable
13,317 corpus weight
- rediculous
rediculous
13,316 corpus weight
- refrigerati…
refrigerating
13,315 corpus weight
- rekt
rekt
13,313 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “recordable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recordable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “recordable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
recordable is uncommon English at frequency #86,684 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
recordable 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From record + -able. The correct English form is recordable, spelled R-E-C-O-R-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1That can be recorded; capturable.
- 2Able to be used to record something.
- 3Liable to be retained on someone's criminal record.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recordable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sound and movement are recordable by means of microphones and cameras.
User actions are recordable in a macro for playback at a later time.
Etymology
From record + -able.
This word in other languages
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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