Noticable or noticeable?
Did you mean noticeable? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
noticable
Correct
noticeable
Correct spelling: noticeable. Misspelling: noticable.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Keep the E so the C stays soft: notice + able.
Why people write “noticable”
The misspelling “noticable” is only one letter off: it leaves out the E.
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 noticeable automatic.
Other misspellings of “noticeable”
People also write “noticible”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“noticible”
Correct spelling: noticeable. Misspelling: noticible.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“noticible” differs from “noticeable” in 2 places: it leaves out the E; and it writes I where noticeable has A.
What does “noticeable” mean?
noticeable adjective
- capable or worthy of being noticed
“noticeable shadows under her eyes”
- capable of being detected
“after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued”
Synonyms:detectable
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Noticeable” in a sentence
- There was a noticeable improvement.
- Noticeable shadows under her eyes.
- After a noticeable pause the lecturer continued.
Is “noticeable” a playable word?
14 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“noticable” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from NOTICEABLE.