How to spell visible

visible

Visible is spelled V-I-S-I-B-L-E.

Not ~~visable~~.

Why is visible easy to misspell?

The word visible ends -ible, and the misspelling visable writes -able. Vis- is not a word on its own, and stems like that usually take -ible, as visible does.

-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.

What does visible mean?

adjective. Able to be seen.

Which other words set the same trap?

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