comftorble
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]comftorble (comparative more comftorble, superlative most comftorble)
- Alternative form of comfterble
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 comftorble is a common intuitive attempt to reconcile the disparate pronunciations of comfort and the same stem in comfortable.