comfterble

English

Alternative forms

comftorble

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmftəɹbl̩/

Adjective

comfterble (comparative more comfterble, superlative most comfterble)

(US) Misspelling of comfortable.

Usage notes

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.