speakable
"speakable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“speakable” 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) - That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-speakable · speakable · English
speakable · 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
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 | speakable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “speakable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
speakable is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for speakable, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English spekabyll; equivalent to speak + -able. The correct English form is speakable, spelled S-P-E-A-K-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.
- 2Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo.
- 3Capable of speech.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how speakable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Once the group knows that suicide is a speakable topic […]
2016, Major Kwark in Ratchet and Clank (film), 75m Arrest this man for his speakable crimes against the galaxy.
Etymology
From Middle English spekabyll; equivalent to speak + -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.