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How to spell edible

Edible is spelled E-D-I-B-L-E.

What it means: Suitable for consumption as food.

In a sentence: The apple on the table is edible and ready to eat. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: inedible, eatable, edibility, food, consumable. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Edible” comes from Latin *edibilis*, from *edere* meaning “to eat.” It is related to other food words like “eat” and “eatable,” but keeps the classic Latin -ible ending that means “able to be.”

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