steerable
"steerable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“steerable” is uncommon English (frequency #93,187 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,187
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being steered.
Corpus desk
Index EN-steerable · steerable · English
steerable · rank #93,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,187
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Steinbach
Nearest frequency peer: Steinbach (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “steerable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stabber
stabber
6,819 corpus weight
- Staton
Staton
6,817 corpus weight
- steerable
steerable
6,814 corpus weight
- Steinbach
Steinbach
6,813 corpus weight
- Stelle
Stelle
6,812 corpus weight
- streaker
streaker
6,806 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “steerable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | steerable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “steerable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
steerable is uncommon English at frequency #93,187 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being steered.".
steerable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From steer + -able. The correct English form is steerable, spelled S-T-E-E-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being steered.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how steerable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They'd brought out more sleds, and there was a nice mix of old-fashioned wooden toboggans and plastic discs, plus steerable sleds and crazy carpets. Beth and Rothko piled onto a crazy carpet and barely made it twenty feet before wiping out.
Etymology
From steer + -able.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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