workability
"workability" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“workability” is uncommon English (frequency #95,614 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,614
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
Corpus desk
Index EN-workability · workability · English
workability · rank #95,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,614
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH wittily
Nearest frequency peer: wittily (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “workability”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- whoso
whoso
4,391 corpus weight
- Winwood
Winwood
4,389 corpus weight
- wittily
wittily
4,388 corpus weight
- workability
workability
4,387 corpus weight
- wretchedness
wretchedness
4,386 corpus weight
- wus
wus
4,385 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “workability” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | workability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “workability” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
workability is uncommon English at frequency #95,614 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for workability, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From work + -ability. The correct English form is workability, spelled W-O-R-K-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
- 2The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how workability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I dispute the workability of the new plan.
Etymology
From work + -ability.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.