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2021-04-02

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – -able & -ible

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Use -able and -ible as suffix to a word forming adjectives.

Word spelled as -ible Is a variant of -able

Occurring in words borrowed from Latin.

Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
-able & -ible

Adjectives ending in -able or -ible

can be difficult to spell because both endings sound identical.

You’ll always need to be on guard

with these words and check each word individually

when you are in doubt,

but here are some useful guidelines:

  • (i) Generally use -able when the companion word ends in -ation: abominable, abomination irritable, irritation
  • (ii) Generally use-ible when the companion word ends in -ion: comprehensible, comprehension digestible, digestion
  • (iii) Use -able afterhard c and hard g:

practicable(c sounds like k) navigable (hard g)

  • (iv) Use -ible after soft c and soft g: forcible (c sounds likes) legible (g sounds like j)

See also ADDING ENDINGS (ii); SOFT C AND SOFT G.