washable
"washable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“washable” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,851
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-washable · washable · English
washable · rank #46,851 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,851
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH washy
Nearest frequency peer: washy (+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 “washable”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- vitals
vitals
53,153 corpus weight
- washable
washable
53,150 corpus weight
- washy
washy
53,149 corpus weight
- waterproofi…
waterproofing
53,148 corpus weight
- Watters
Watters
53,147 corpus weight
- waveguide
waveguide
53,146 corpus weight
What this shows “washable” 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 | washable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “washable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around washable, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,851 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for washable, with forms such as "awshable", "wahsable", and "wasahble". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "watchable", "walkable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wash + -able. The correct English form is washable, spelled W-A-S-H-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how washable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The waiting rooms are centrally heated and tastefully furnished with carefully selected tones of easily washable emulsion paint.
Etymology
From wash + -able.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awshable
- wahsable
- wasahble
- washabble
- washabel
- washablle
- washalbe
- washbale
- washhable
- washible
- wasshable
- wsahable
- wwashable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of washable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).