sizable
/ˈsaɪzəbəl/adjective
sizable is spelled S-I-Z-A-B-L-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “sizable vs sizeable” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, sizable means “Fairly large” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sizable?
| Letters | 7: S-I-Z-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is sizable?
Sizable appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sizable?
- /ˈsaɪzəbəl/
Sizable has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sizable.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sizable
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of sizable
- more sizable comparative
- most sizable superlative
- sizeable
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sizable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Fairly large.
He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sizable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fairly large:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ample, étendu, large |
| German | beträchtlich |
| Portuguese | considerável |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sizable come from?
From size + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).