supposably
adverb
supposably is an adverb meaning “Able to be supposed or conjectured” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-P-P-O-S-A-B-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 40 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does supposably mean?
adverb
- 1
Able to be supposed or conjectured.
- 2
nonstandardSupposedly.
Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is supposably?
Supposably appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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).
Words people confuse with supposably
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).
Where does supposably come from?
From supposable + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).