comfterble

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌmftəɹbl̩/

Adjective

comfterble (comparative more comfterble, superlative most comfterble)

  1. (US) Misspelling of comfortable.

Usage notes

The word comfortable has multiple common pronunciations in North American English, one of which is /ˈkʌmftəɹbl̩/, with an intrusive /ɹ/ believed to be a metathesis with the preceding /t/. (In such accents, the pronunciation of comfort usually remains /ˈkʌmfəɹt/.) The spelling comfterble is a common intuitive attempt to reconcile the disparate pronunciations of comfort and the same stem in comfortable.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.