Audable or audible?
Did you mean audible? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: audible. Misspelling: audable.
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Memory tip
It takes -ible, like visible and edible.
Why people write “audable”
The endings -ible and -able sound the same, so the ear is no help; this word takes -ible.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make audible automatic.
Other misspellings of “audible”
People also write “audibel”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“audibel”
Correct spelling: audible. Misspelling: audibel.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “audibel” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of L and E.
What does “audible” mean?
audible noun
- a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage
audible adjective
- heard or perceptible by the ear
“he spoke in an audible whisper”
Synonyms:hearable
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Audible” in a sentence
- His voice was barely audible over the music.
- He spoke in an audible whisper.
Is “audible” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 13 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“audable” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from AUDIBLE.