Here's something weird. I made a typo today in an essay and got minus points for writing "noticable" rather than "noticeable".
I thought you drop the vowel at the end of the verb when you add -able.
Why is it "noticeable" and not "noticable"?
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It's discussed in the answer to the following question; you might be interested in reading it: Why are 'blueish' and 'bluish' both considered correct spellings?– herissonNov 16, 2015 at 9:01
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Technically it's not a "typo" if you did it on purpose. Common terms for it are "spello" or "grammo", or you could just say "I made a mistake". :^)– jcomeau_ictxOct 19, 2016 at 16:41
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Words do not always drop their final vowel when a suffix is added to them. Usually, I think, it is based on pronunciation.
'Pleasurable' can be easily pronounced.
'Noticable' looks like it ought to be pronounced 'notickable'.
