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

Though only a fraction of its total production of 190,000 tons, these exports reflect growing global interest in artisanal, traceable, and culturally rich food products. —Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025

The intelligent external inspection system can detect and alert defects in real time, while products are fully traceable with real-time quality monitoring throughout the production process. —Li Jun, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025

This representation ensures that the system’s outputs are transparent, traceable, and controllable, lifting up their limitations. —Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025

For now, scientists at the IAU consider anything with a traceable orbit around a host body good enough to be a moon, as the New York Times reports. —Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for traceable

• erasable
• replaceable
• untraceable
• irreplaceable