How to spell noticeable

hear itno·tice·a·ble/'noʊtɪsəbəl/adjectiveSchwa and roots

What it means: Easy to see, hear, or recognize.

In a sentence: The bright red balloon was very noticeable in the sky.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as noticable or noticeble.

Same family: notice, noticed, noticing, notification, noticeably. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Noticeable comes from the verb “notice,” which comes from Old French and ultimately from Latin 'notitia,' meaning 'a being known' or 'fame.' The suffix '-able' was added to form an adjective meaning 'able to be noticed' or 'easy to see.'

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

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