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Latest comment: 14 years ago by 203.109.158.201

Most dictionaries (all the ones I've checked except Wiktionary) give the primary spelling as invocable, in line with invocation, irrevocable and similar, and as explained by the standard c/k substitution rule. (Which is essentially that "The letter k is substituted for c if /k/ is followed by an e, i, or y.")

It is worth bearing in mind that the shortest or commonest form of a word often does not provide its "root spelling"; "invoc—" is an example of this.

Many dictionaries do not even consider "invokable" to be valid at all (although with increasing currency that may change).

-Martin 203.109.158.201 00:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC)Reply