tolerable

/[t̪oleˈɾaβ̞le]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,357

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

tolerable is anSpanishadj. It means: Que se puede admitir, permitir o aceptar sin aprobar de manera expresa o en su totalidad Pronounced [t̪oleˈɾaβ̞le]. Often confused with tolerante.

Key facts for tolerable
PropertyValue
Headwordtolerable
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[t̪oleˈɾaβ̞le]
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,357
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tolerable in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tolerable is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oleˈɾaβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,357 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que se puede admitir, permitir o aceptar sin aprobar de manera expresa o en su totalidad".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for tolerable, with forms such as "otlerable", "tloerable", and "toelrable". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tolerante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tolerable, spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que se puede admitir, permitir o aceptar sin aprobar de manera expresa o en su totalidad

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otlerable,tloerable,toelrable,tolearble,tolerabble,tolerabel,tolerablle,toleralbe,toleravle,tolerbale,tolerrable,tollerable,tolreable,ttolerable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tolerable

Misspelling Variants of "tolerable"

otlerable9tloerable9toelrable9tolearble9tolerabble10tolerabel9tolerablle10toleralbe9
Misspelling Variants of "tolerable"

Frequency rank: #37,357 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tolerable"?
"tolerable" is spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oleˈɾaβ̞le].
What does "tolerable" mean?
As an adj, "tolerable" means: Que se puede admitir, permitir o aceptar sin aprobar de manera expresa o en su totalidad
What words are commonly confused with "tolerable"?
"tolerable" is commonly confused with "tolerante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tolerable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tolerable" is [t̪oleˈɾaβ̞le]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tolerable" come from?
"tolerable" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.