Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retrievability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-triev-abil-i-ty
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being retrievable.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For centuries, an encyclopedia was synonymous with a fixed, archival idea about the retrievability of information from the past."

Etymology

From retrieve + -ability.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: retrieve

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does retrievability mean?: The quality of being retrievable.
Where does retrievability come from?: From retrieve + -ability.

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