repairable
"repairable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“repairable” is uncommon English (frequency #70,206 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,206
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Able to be repaired.
Corpus desk
Index EN-repairable · repairable · English
repairable · rank #70,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,206
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH renege
Nearest frequency peer: renege (-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 “repairable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reinterpret
reinterpret
29,799 corpus weight
- relaxant
relaxant
29,798 corpus weight
- renege
renege
29,796 corpus weight
- repairable
repairable
29,795 corpus weight
- reticulated
reticulated
29,792 corpus weight
- reveille
reveille
29,791 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “repairable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repairable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “repairable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
repairable is uncommon English at frequency #70,206 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Able to be repaired.".
Zero misspellings are on record for repairable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 repair + -able. The correct English form is repairable, spelled R-E-P-A-I-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Able to be repaired.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repairable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Luckily, the damage from the accident was repairable.
Even though W.R. locomotives would always be maintained in W.R. territory, "foreign" depots must be capable of attending to any repairable defects that might occur while the Western units are "abroad"; [...].
Etymology
From repair + -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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