sizable
/ˈsaɪzəbəl/
"sizable" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sizable” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,958. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,958
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fairly large.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sizable · sizable · English
sizable · rank #17,958 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,958
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slippers
Nearest frequency peer: slippers (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sizable”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- setback
setback
82,046 corpus weight
- shaming
shaming
82,045 corpus weight
- sizable
sizable
82,043 corpus weight
- slippers
slippers
82,042 corpus weight
- smoker
smoker
82,041 corpus weight
- Soho
Soho
82,040 corpus weight
What this shows “sizable” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sizable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪzəbəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sizable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around sizable (IPA /ˈsaɪzəbəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,958 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fairly large.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sizable, with forms such as "iszable", "siazble", and "sizabble". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "stable", "sizzle", "suitable", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From size + -able. The correct English form is sizable, spelled S-I-Z-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Fairly large.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sizable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.
A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.
Etymology
From size + -able.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iszable
- siazble
- sizabble
- sizabel
- sizablle
- sizalbe
- sizbale
- sizible
- sizzable
- ssizable
- sziable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sizable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sizable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).