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Permissable or permissible?

Did you mean permissible? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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permissable

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permissible

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Correct spelling: permissible. Misspelling: permissable.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Permission becomes permiss-IBLE.

Why people write “permissable”

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 permissible automatic.

What does “permissible” mean?

permissible adjective

  1. that may be permitted especially as according to rule

    “permissible behavior in school”

    Synonyms:allowable

  2. that may be accepted or conceded

    “a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Permissible” in a sentence

  • Is it permissible to park here?
  • Permissible behavior in school.
  • A kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine.

Is “permissible” a playable word?

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17 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends

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  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“permissable” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from PERMISSIBLE.

Permissible: quick answers

Is it permissable or permissible?
The correct spelling is permissible. “permissable” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell permissible?
Permission becomes permiss-IBLE.
What does permissible mean?
Permissible means: that may be permitted especially as according to rule.