# viable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvaɪəbəl/ · frequency rank #7,634

## Definitions
1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
2. Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.
3. Capable of working successfully
4. Able to live and develop.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).

## Easily confused with
- **vibe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viable-vs-vibe)
- **vile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viable-vs-vile)
- **vial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viable-vs-vial)
- **ville** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viable-vs-ville)
- **visible** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viable-vs-visible)
- **viewable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viable-vs-viewable)
- **vale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vale-vs-viable)
- **Valle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valle-vs-viable)
- **variable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/variable-vs-viable)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ivable`, `vaible`, `viabble`, `viabel`, `viablle`, `vialbe`, `vibale`, `viible`, `vviable`

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