comftorble

English

Adjective

comftorble (comparative more comftorble, superlative most comftorble)

  1. Alternative form of comfterble.

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.

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