comftorble
English
Alternative forms
- comfterble
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌmftəɹbl̩/
Adjective
comftorble (comparative more comftorble, superlative most comftorble)
- (US, Canada) 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 comftorble is a common intuitive attempt to reconcile the disparate pronunciations of comfort and the same stem in comfortable.