How to spell lovable

hear itlov·a·ble/'ləvəbəl/adjectivePrefixes and work

What it means: Inspiring warm affection or fondness.

In a sentence: The puppy was so lovable and sweet.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as loveable or lovible.

Same family: loving, lovely, beloved, loved, unlovable. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Lovable comes from the verb 'love' plus the suffix '-able,' meaning 'able to be' or 'worthy of.' The spelling drops the silent 'e' from 'love' before adding '-able,' following the common English drop-e rule.

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

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