comfterble
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English
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]comfterble (comparative more comfterble, superlative most comfterble)
- (US) Misspelling of comfortable.
Usage notes
[edit]The word comfortable has multiple common pronunciations in North American English, one of which is /ˈkʌmftəɹbl̩/, with an intrusive /ɹ/ believed to be a metathesis with the preceding /t/. (In such accents, the pronunciation of comfort usually remains /ˈkʌmfəɹt/.) The spelling comfterble is a common intuitive attempt to reconcile the disparate pronunciations of comfort and the same stem in comfortable.