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trainable

/ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/adjective, noun

trainable is spelled T-R-A-I-N-A-B-L-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, trainable means “Capable of being trained, teachable, educatable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in trainable?

Letters9: T-R-A-I-N-A-B-L-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in 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).

How common is trainable?

Trainable appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 trainable?

  • /ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/

Trainable 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-trainable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of trainable

  • more trainable comparative
  • most trainable superlative
  • trainables plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does trainable mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.

noun

  1. 1

    datedA mentally retarded person who can be trained or taught.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Trainable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense capable of being trained:

LanguageWords
Portuguesetreinável

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 trainable come from?

From train + -able.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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