shakeable

adj

"shakeable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shakeable” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of shakable.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shakeable · shakeable · English

shakeable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for shakeable
PropertyValue
Headwordshakeable
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “shakeable” in English

shakeablesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shakeable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of shakable.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for shakeable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From shake + -able. The correct English form is shakeable, spelled S-H-A-K-E-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of shakable.

Etymology

From shake + -able.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shakeable"?
"shakeable" is spelled S-H-A-K-E-A-B-L-E.
What does "shakeable" mean?
As an adjective, "shakeable" means: Alternative spelling of shakable.
What is the origin of the word "shakeable"?
From shake + -able. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list