permutable

1. 1.

   capable of changing sequence

   Synonymstransposable

   Similarexchangeable

Questions about permutable

What does permutable mean?

permutable means "capable of changing sequence".

How many syllables are in permutable?

permutable has 4 syllables: per-mu-ta-ble. The stress falls on "mu".

What is another word for permutable?

Close synonyms include transposable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is permutable a common word?

permutable 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.