Step 1: Start with a 'k' sound, like in 'cat'.
Step 2: Add a long 'ay' sound, similar to 'day'.
Step 3: End with 'puh-buhl', keeping the 'l' soft.
mispronunciation (kee-pah-buhl)
incorrect stress (ka-PA-ble)
dropping syllable (ka-buhl)
Step 1: Start with a 'k' sound, like in 'cat'.
Step 2: Add a long 'ay' sound, similar to 'day'.
Step 3: End with 'puh-buhl', keeping the 'l' soft.
mispronunciation (kee-pah-buhl)
incorrect stress (ka-PA-ble)
dropping syllable (ka-buhl)
The first syllable 'ca' is stressed.
Keep the 'pa' short but clear.
No, it's pronounced together with 'buhl' as 'buhl'.
Able to do things well.
/ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
The ability to do something
/ɪnˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/
Not able to do something
/kəˈpæs.ɪ.teɪt/
Make capable
- 'capability' has an extra syllable and a different stress.
- 'incapable' begins with 'in' and changes stress.
- 'capacitate' has more syllables and a different stress.
Divide the word into syllables: ca-pa-ble. Say each part slowly.
Ensure the stress is always on the first syllable: CA-pa-ble.
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