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How to spell tangible

Tangible is spelled T-A-N-G-I-B-L-E.

What it means: Able to be touched or felt.

In a sentence: The teddy bear was so soft and tangible. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: intangible, tangibly, tactile, contact, tangent. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Tangible” comes from the Latin verb *tangere*, meaning “to touch.” It’s part of a large family of English words related to touch and contact, such as “tactile,” “contact,” and “contagious.”

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