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How can one choose between "tunable" and "tuneable"?

English Language & Usage Asked by Patrick Sanan on December 5, 2020

Both “tunable” and “tuneable” seem to be in common usage.

Is there a source which can be used to justify a preference for one or the other for general usage, possibly as a function of whether one is considering a particular nationality or dialect of English?

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tuneable: It is still not too old-fashioned to cling to tuneable, though sentiment is moving towards the Americanised variant. But by choosing tunable you need to be consistent, which ultimately means adopting aging instead of ageing. Scaleable does not become as clearly readable as scalable -- which is why the British prefers to keep the -e- in its rightful place. Americans only have the choice of tunable, luckily British English retains the -e-. The US variant looks much too "fishy" if you ask me.

Answered by Aniket Mehta on December 5, 2020

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