saleable
/ˈseɪləbl̩/
"saleable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“saleable” is uncommon English (frequency #63,969 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,969
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suitable for sale; marketable; worth enough to try to sell; that can be sold (i.e., for which it is possible to find a willing and able buyer).
Corpus desk
Index EN-saleable · saleable · English
saleable · rank #63,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,969
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH salix
Nearest frequency peer: salix (+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 “saleable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ruggles
Ruggles
36,038 corpus weight
- Ruud
Ruud
36,037 corpus weight
- sado
sado
36,034 corpus weight
- saleable
saleable
36,032 corpus weight
- salix
salix
36,031 corpus weight
- Sanya
Sanya
36,028 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “saleable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saleable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈseɪləbl̩/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “saleable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
saleable is uncommon English at frequency #63,969 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈseɪləbl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suitable for sale; marketable; worth enough to try to sell; that can be sold (i.e., for which it is possible to find a willing and able buyer).".
No misspelling variants are generated for saleable in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sale + -able. The correct English form is saleable, spelled S-A-L-E-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Suitable for sale; marketable; worth enough to try to sell; that can be sold (i.e., for which it is possible to find a willing and able buyer).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saleable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: vendable, vendible
They held an estate sale last Saturday, which cleared out everything that was saleable; what's left will require a skip for disposal.
Etymology
From sale + -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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