Spelling suffixes 'able', 'ible' Spelling in English YouTube

In this series of lessons, you will learn useful spelling rules in English. This lesson will provide some guidelines on when to use the suffixes -able and -ible depending on the base word.. This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about how to use "-able" and "-ible" suffixes

Because the suffixes "-able" and "-ible" are spelled so similarly and have the same pronunciation, it can be hard to remember which is the correct one to use.. Here is the rule: If you remove -able from a word, you are left with a complete word (renewable, renew). If you remove -ible from a word, you are not left with a complete word (sensible, sens). But note that accessible, contemptible, digestible, flexible and suggestible are among the exceptions to this rule.