# comfortable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩/ · frequency rank #2,194

## Definitions
1. Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
2. In a state of comfort and content.
3. Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
4. Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
5. Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
6. Strong; vigorous; valiant.
7. Serviceable; helpful.

## Etymology
From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.

## Easily confused with
- **comfortably** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comfortable-vs-comfortably)

## Common misspellings (18)
`ccomfortable`, `cmofortable`, `cofmortable`, `comffortable`, `comforatble`, `comforrtable`, `comfortabble`, `comfortabel`, `comfortablle`, `comfortalbe`, `comfortbale`, `comfortible`, `comforttable`, `comfotrable`, `comfrotable`, `commfortable`, `comofrtable`, `ocmfortable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/comfortable