collectibles, or collectables

[Trinity]

Both mean the same, but is there a preferences as in framing your photos/artwork/collectibles - as you see I favour the i but would you spell a.
Just putting an advert togehter.

[Jonny2morsos]

Here is what the Oford English Dictionary suggest:

"Collectable can also be spelled collectible: collectible is usually used in the senses 'worth collecting' and 'an object valued by collectors', whereas collectable is usually used to mean 'able to be collected'."

[Ricky]

Personally, I would use the a because to my eye the i don't look right.

[prospero]

Collectabilia.



That's word I made up. Great for advertising as it will grab people's attention. They will think: "What the heck is that???"

Job done.

[Trinity]

I'm going for i.
I think.
Although they mean the same, my mind reads collectable as a verb, collectible as a noun.Something is collectable, something is a collectible. I'm sure it would be i in the US because the books spell it that way.
i

[strokebloke]

I'm sure it would be i in the US because the books spell it that way.

That would persuade me to spell it with an 'a' !!
The English language originated in England. The Americans have done something quite indescribable to it.