Engageability vs engagability (was: "RE: Browseable vs browsable?)

["Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>]

Kathy Bowman wrote:

> neither 'engageability' nor 'engagability' exists in any dictionary
> I have seen. It is jargon, but appropriate for the context. Which
> spelling do you think I should use for this nonexistent word? 

Kath:


I can think of only three English words in which a soft G is not
followed by "e" or "i", and only one of them has no alternate
spelling.

Comparing the output from:

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/geability?e

with the output from:

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gability?e

will show that all words ending in "-ability" that ARE in that
dictionary have an "e" if they're pronounced with a soft G, and 
no "e" if they're not... So "engageability" seems like the best
choice.

-Andrew

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