scissile
/ˈsɪs.ɪl/
"scissile" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scissile” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Readily cut or split.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scissile · scissile · English
scissile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | scissile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɪs.ɪl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scissile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scissile is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsɪs.ɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
scissile has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin scissilis, from scindere, scissum (“to cut, to split”). Compare French scissile. See schism, scissors. The correct English form is scissile, spelled S-C-I-S-S-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Readily cut or split.
- 2Easily broken.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scissile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The differences of impressible and not impressible; figurable and not figurable; mouldable and not mouldable; scissile and not scissile; and many other passions of matter, are plebeian notions, applied unto the instruments and uses which men ordinarily practise; but they are all but the effects of some of these causes following, which we will enumerate wi…
Etymology
From Latin scissilis, from scindere, scissum (“to cut, to split”). Compare French scissile. See schism, scissors.
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.