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Vegtable or vegetable?

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

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vegtable

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vegetable

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Correct spelling: vegetable. Misspelling: vegtable.

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

Memory tip

Say all four syllables: veg-E-ta-ble.

Why people write “vegtable”

The misspelling “vegtable” 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 vegetable automatic.

Other misspellings of “vegetable”

People also write “vegatable” and “vegetible”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“vegatable”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: vegetable. Misspelling: vegatable.

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

The misspelling “vegatable” is only one letter off: it writes A where vegetable has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

“vegetible”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: vegetable. Misspelling: vegetible.

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

The endings -able and -ible sound the same, so the ear is no help; this word takes -able.

What does “vegetable” mean?

vegetable noun

  1. edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

    Synonyms:veggieveg

  2. any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Vegetable” in a sentence

  • Eat a vegetable with every meal.

Is “vegetable” a playable word?

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15 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

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

Vegetable: quick answers

Is it vegtable or vegetable?
The correct spelling is vegetable. “vegtable” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “vegatable” and “vegetible” are wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell vegetable?
Say all four syllables: veg-E-ta-ble.
What does vegetable mean?
Vegetable means: edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.