# understandable

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #10,629

## Definitions
1. Capable of being understood; comprehensible.
2. Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances.

## Etymology
From Middle English understondable, equivalent to understand + -able.

## Easily confused with
- **understandably** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/understandable-vs-understandably)

## Common misspellings (23)
`nuderstandable`, `udnerstandable`, `undderstandable`, `underrstandable`, `undersatndable`, `undersstandable`, `understadnable`, `understanadble`, `understandabble`, `understandabel`, `understandablle`, `understandalbe`, `understandbale`, `understanddable`, `understandible`, `understanndable`, `understnadable`, `understtandable`, `undertsandable`, `undesrtandable`, `undrestandable`, `unedrstandable`, `unnderstandable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/understandable