suppressible

adj

"suppressible" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suppressible” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being suppressed.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suppressible · suppressible · English

suppressible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for suppressible
PropertyValue
Headwordsuppressible
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “suppressible” in English

suppressiblesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suppressible is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of being suppressed.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for suppressible, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From suppress + -ible. The correct English form is suppressible, spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capable of being suppressed.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how suppressible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The urge to clear my throat was suppressible, but the urge to sneeze wasn't, and so I made a large noise in the middle of the solo.

Etymology

From suppress + -ible.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suppressible"?
"suppressible" is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-B-L-E.
What does "suppressible" mean?
As an adjective, "suppressible" means: Capable of being suppressed.
What is the origin of the word "suppressible"?
From suppress + -ible. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list