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distractability

distractability is the alternative form of distractibility.

Meaning of distractibility

Noun

distractibility (uncountable)

  1. The ease with which a person's concentration can be interfered with by external stimulation or by irrelevant thoughts

Origin of distractability

From distract + -ability or distractable + -ity.

Questions about distractability

What is distractability the alternative form of?
Distractability is the alternative form of distractibility.

Words near distractability in the dictionary

  1. distoversion
  2. distovestibular
  3. distr
  4. distr.
  5. distract
  6. distractability
  7. distractable
  8. distracted
  9. distractedly
  10. distractedness
  11. distractee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distractability (page history and authors); distractibility (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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