traceable

adjective

trace·​able ˈtrā-sə-bəl 

1

: capable of being traced

a traceable phone call

2

: suitable or of a kind to be attributed to something specified : due

—used with to

… perhaps 35 percent of cancer cases in the U.S. are traceable to dietary factors.

—Gary Blonston

Examples of traceable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Osterholm said the United States sees about 30 hantavirus cases a year, mostly west of the Mississippi and traceable to a type of deer mouse that lives in the region. —Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026

The property has a deep commitment to seed saving, steered by master gardener John Coykendall, who has spent decades preserving heirloom legumes including brown crowder peas and Turkey Craw Beans—varieties traceable as far back as the 1700s. —Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026

Every dollar should be traceable. —Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026

The stakes demand transparency as every clinical recommendation must be traceable to its underlying sources. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for traceable

• erasable
• replaceable
• untraceable
• irreplaceable