Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

confirmability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-firma-bil-i-ty
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.

Example Sentences

"Nothing seems more natural than to approach confirmability via confirmation."
"So the confirmability as well as the refutability of our theories (conditional if not categorical) are necessary conditions for the possibility of science."

Etymology

Etymology tree English confirm Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English confirmability From confirm + -ability.

Inflected Forms

confirmabilities (plural)

Synonyms

verifiability

Questions

What does confirmability mean?: The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
Where does confirmability come from?: Etymology tree English confirm Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English confirmability From confirm + -ability.

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