Dictionary

readability en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˌɹidəˈbɪləɾi] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌɹiːdəˈbɪləti/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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• /ˌɹiːdəˈbɪləti/ (Australia)
• /ˌɹidəˈbɪləti/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˌɹiːdəˈbɪləɾi] (Australia)
• /ˌɹiːdəˈbɪlɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From readable + -ity or read + -ability.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of being capable of being read; legibility.
   • When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings. 2018 April 20, jkohorst, “FR E SH A VOCA DO^([sic])”, in Writing for Designers^([dead link]):
   • Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause. 2021, Luis Atencio, The Joy of JavaScript, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 104:
2. (countable, uncountable) The property of being easy or engaging to read.
   • The book had a clever plot, but lacked readability.

Forms

Deriveds

nonreadability

Relateds

readableness · readable · unreadable

Translations (33)

hu olvashatóság (property of being capable of being read) · nl leesbaarheid (property of being capable of being read) · de Lesbarkeit (property of being easy or engaging to read) · nb lesbarhet (property of being capable of being read) · cmn 易讀 /易读 (property of being capable of being read) · bg четливост (property of being capable of being read) · fi luettavuus (property of being easy or engaging to read) · cmn 可讀 /可读 (property of being capable of being read) · cmn 易讀 /易读 (property of being easy or engaging to read) · ru чита́бельность (property of being easy or engaging to read) · ca llegibilitat (property of being capable of being read) · ru приго́дность для чте́ния (property of being easy or engaging to read) · ms kebolehbacaan (property of being easy or engaging to read) · ru приго́дность для чте́ния (property of being capable of being read) · cs čtivost (property of being easy or engaging to read) · sv läsbarhet (property of being capable of being read) · ru чита́бельность (property of being capable of being read) · bg увлекателност (property of being easy or engaging to read) · de Lesbarkeit (property of being capable of being read) · sv lättlästhet (property of being easy or engaging to read) · fi luettavuus (property of being capable of being read) · pl czytelność (property of being capable of being read) · cs čitelnost (property of being capable of being read) · ru чёткость (property of being capable of being read) · ru удобочита́емость (property of being capable of being read) · ca llegibilitat (property of being easy or engaging to read) · nn lesbarheit (property of being capable of being read) · nl leesbaarheid (property of being easy or engaging to read) · ka წაკითხვადობა (property of being capable of being read) · ru разбо́рчивость (property of being capable of being read) · fr lisibilité (property of being capable of being read) · cmn 可讀性 /可读性 (property of being easy or engaging to read) · ms kebolehbacaan (property of being capable of being read)