1. able to be decoded; capable of being converted from a coded or encrypted form into understandable language or information
Usage: commonly used in computing, cryptography, and linguistics
2. (of text, especially for beginning readers) able to be read by applying phonetic decoding skills to recognize words
Usage: education and literacy instruction

Examples

• The encrypted message was decodable using the correct cipher key.
• Early readers benefit from decodable books that use phonetically consistent words.
• The QR code is decodable by any smartphone camera.
• Decodable text helps children develop their phonics skills.
• The ancient script proved to be decodable once scholars found the Rosetta Stone.
• This decodable passage contains only words that follow standard phonetic patterns.