How to spell invincible

hear itin·vin·ci·ble/ɪn'vɪnsəbəl/adjectiveSchwa and roots

What it means: Unable to be defeated or overcome.

In a sentence: The superhero felt invincible after stopping the villain.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as invinceble or invinsible.

Same family: vincible, invincibility, victory, victorious, convince. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Invincible” comes from Latin *invincibilis*, formed from *in-* meaning “not” and *vincere* meaning “to conquer” or “defeat.” It’s related to words like “victory” and “convince,” all tracing back to the idea of overcoming or winning.

Patterns it uses: -able or -ible? · The unstressed vowel (schwa) · Prefixes keep every letter

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