expectable

1. 1.

   to be expected

   “differences of opinion are quite expectable given the present information”

   Similarexpected

Questions about expectable

What does expectable mean?

expectable means "to be expected".

How many syllables are in expectable?

expectable has 4 syllables and divides as ex-pec-ta-ble under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is expectable a common word?

expectable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.