How to spell acceptable
acceptable
Acceptable is spelled A-C-C-E-P-T-A-B-L-E.
Not acceptible.
Why is acceptable easy to misspell?
The word acceptable ends -able, and the misspelling acceptible writes -ible. Accept stands as a word on its own, and a stem like that usually takes -able.
-able and -ible sound identical, so the ending has to be learned rather than heard. -able is the commoner of the two, and usually follows a part that can stand as a word on its own.
accept + able
What does acceptable mean?
adjective. Able to be tolerated or allowed.
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