Understanding suffixes (word endings) helps students with spelling (one suffix can be used in many words) and grammar (one suffix has a distinct part of speech such as noun, verb.
Below is a list of common suffixes (word endings) that help indicate what part of speech a word is. Sometimes a word can be identified as a noun, adjective, adverb, or verb by its suffix.
Word Endings | Common Suffixes
Here is a useful list of common word endings in English.
- -able (capable of being)
- -ful (full of)
- -ly (in a manner)
- -ness (state or quality of)
- -ment (the action or process of)
- -less (without)
- -ness (state or quality of)
- -ish (tending to be)
- -ous (full of)
- -ity (state or quality of)
- -ation (the action or process of)
- -ize (cause to become)
- -ic (related to or characterized by)
- -ate (form of verb)
- -en (cause to become)
- -ish (tending to be)
- -ive (tending to or having a tendency to)
- -y (having the characteristics of)
- -al (related to or characterized by)
- -ous (full of)
- -ish (tending to be)
- -ment (the action or process of)
- -less (without)
- -ish (tending to be)
- -hood (state or condition of)
- -ship (state or condition of)
- -dom (state or condition of)
- -ity (state or quality of)
- -cy (state or quality of)
- -ance (state or quality of)
- -ence (state or quality of)
- -age (state or quality of)
- -ure (state or quality of)
- -ation (the action or process of)
- -ition (the action or process of)
- -ition (the action or process of)
- -sion (the action or process of)
- -ction (the action or process of)
- -xion (the action or process of)
- -ation (the action or process of)
- -ition (the action or process of)
- -ation (the action or process of)
- -ition (the action or process of)
- -ment (the action or process of)
- -ness (state or quality of)
- -ity (state or quality of)
- -ship (state or condition of)
- -ment (the action or process of)
- -ity (state or quality of)
- -ness (state or quality of)
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