[Vocabulary] exercable

[englishhobby]

Is the word 'exercable' commonly used these days or is it bookish (or dated)? Does the sentence below sound natural in everyday conversation?
He speaks exercable French.

 

[Rover_KE]

If you mean execrable, it's commonly used and your sentence is natural among those who want a stronger word than 'bad'.

 

[emsr2d2]

I rarely disagree with Rover but here I do - I definitely wouldn't say it's commonly used in standard, everyday English. I would put money on quite a lot of native speakers not knowing what it means.

 

[5jj]

I rarely disagree with Rover but here I do

As do I.

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think it's common (used by a wide range of speakers) and it certainly isn't high frequency (used lots of times per day).

Which one of those did you mean, Rover?

 

[Rover_KE]

I don't know.

I'm clearly in a minority so I'll get my coat and wait for the pubs to open.

 

[jutfrank]

I'll get my coat and wait for the pubs to open.

Save me a seat. I'm gasping!

 

[Rover_KE]

This pandemic is exercable. :-(