PARSABLE

Etymology

Adjective

parsable (comparative more parsable, superlative most parsable)

(grammar, computing) able to be parsed

Usage notes

Both the spellings parsable and parseable are widely used with similar frequency; the spelling parsable (without the ‘e’) is preferred in formal usage,

according to the rule

“Verbs drop silent final -e except after c and g (e.g. movable but changeable)”

as mentioned in the OED, and used in World Wide Web Consortium standards.

Anagrams

• parables, prebasal, sparable

Source: Wiktionary



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