usable
/ˈjuː.zə.bəl/
"usable" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“usable” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,447
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being used.
Corpus desk
Index EN-usable · usable · English
usable · rank #14,447 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,447
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH upbeat
Nearest frequency peer: upbeat (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “usable”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- UEFA
UEFA
85,557 corpus weight
- unreliable
unreliable
85,556 corpus weight
- upbeat
upbeat
85,555 corpus weight
- usable
usable
85,554 corpus weight
- vanguard
vanguard
85,553 corpus weight
- VC
VC
85,552 corpus weight
What this shows “usable” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | usable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈjuː.zə.bəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “usable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around usable (IPA /ˈjuː.zə.bəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,447 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for usable, with forms such as "suable", "uasble", and "usabble". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "usage", "unable", "unstable", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French usable, from the verb user (“to use”). The correct English form is usable, spelled U-S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being used.
- 2Easy to use; exhibiting good usability.
- 3homosexual
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how usable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because…
2019 episode 1 A Very English Scandal Are you telling me that you were useable?
Etymology
From Old French usable, from the verb user (“to use”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- suable
- uasble
- usabble
- usabel
- usablle
- usalbe
- usbale
- usible
- ussable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of usable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "usable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).