Is it Collectables or Collectibles

[collect247]

When I type in collectables into a post and then I go to spell check it shows collectibles as the correct way to spell it so is spell check US or AU lol.

[imastawka]

Damned Yankees.   It's with an 'a'

[countessalmirena]

The most frequently used British and Australian spelling is collectable. However, collectible can be used if preferred. The Oxford Dictionary's main entry is -able with -ible as an "also" spelling.

So... you can't go wrong with either!

The US spelling is collectible, as stawka says. I don't think I've ever seen an American spell it with -able.

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I prefer collectable for the spelling.

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I collect some collectables.

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Have you ever been bitten by an eastern elk? (Cervus canadensis canadensis)

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Neither have I.

[enigmabear]

I have 'herd' that a lot of boy cows together are collectibulls 🐮🐮🐮

[brerrabbit585]

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@enigmabear wrote:

I have 'herd' that a lot of boy cows together are collectibulls 🐮🐮🐮

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You've spelt that last word wrong.  It should be an 'a', not 'u'.  

[imastawka]

See?

It always comes back to the 'a'

[brerrabbit585]

It should probably have two a's in that case. My reasoning is that ollectable means able to be collected. 🙂

[imastawka]

Exactly.

But I do worry about 'edible', for more than one reason.

[countessalmirena]

If you stay away from cannibals (spelled with an "a", you see...), then some of your worries should be assuaged.

But wait... you should also stay away from ravenous tigers, sharks, and human flesh-eating slug-faced monsters from the planet Blkzwekxbl.

[go-tazz]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:
It should probably have two a's in that case. My reasoning is that ollectable means able to be collected. 🙂

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That's the reasoning behind the word,(able to collect).

The Yanks are a lazy bunch when it come to the English language and have created some of their own so it's

easier to say certain words,(totally wrong but that's yanks for you),