risible
/ˈɹɪzɪbəl/
"risible" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“risible” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to laughter
Corpus desk
Index EN-risible · risible · English
risible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | risible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹɪzɪbəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “risible” in English
Rare enough to double-check
risible is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɹɪzɪbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for risible, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”). The correct English form is risible, spelled R-I-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to laughter
- 2Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant
- 3Easily laughing; prone to laughter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how risible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the risible muscles
A joke merely affected her with silent convulsive twitchings, as though the risible faculties struggled somewhere within her but could not bring the laugh to birth.
Etymology
From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.