Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deceivable

/dɪˈsiːvəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-ceiv-able
IPA: /dɪˈsiːvəbəl/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be deceived; gullible.

adj

Deceitful, deceptive.

Obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English deceyvable (“deceptive, misleading”), from Anglo-Norman decevable; equivalent to deceive + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: deceyvable, decevable
Suffix: deceive

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more deceivable (comparative) most deceivable (superlative)

Derived Forms

deceivableness deceivably nondeceivable undeceivable

Questions

How do you pronounce deceivable?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈsiːvəbəl/.
What does deceivable mean?: Able to be deceived; gullible.
Where does deceivable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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