Companies often use suffixes in their domain name to create great sounding/looking brands.
Examples: Microsoft, Fandom, Payoneer, PayPal, Shopify
🔹 Noun-Forming Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning / Use | Examples |
|---|
| -acy | state or quality | privacy, legacy |
| -age | action or result | storage, package |
| -al | act or process | refusal, arrival |
| -ance / -ence | state or quality | persistence, reliance |
| -ant / -ent | one who does | agent, student |
| -arian | a person who | librarian, vegetarian |
| -ate | office or function | candidate, delegate |
| -dom | state or domain | freedom, kingdom |
| -ee | one who receives | employee, nominee |
| -eer | person engaged in | engineer, volunteer |
| -er / -or | one who | teacher, actor |
| -ery / -ry | place, occupation | bakery, dentistry |
| -hood | state, condition | childhood, neighborhood |
| -ian | belonging to, expert | historian, technician |
| -ics | study of | physics, economics |
| -ing | action, process | building, painting |
| -ion / -tion / -sion | act or process | action, erosion, tension |
| -ism | belief or doctrine | capitalism, realism |
| -ist | one who practices | artist, biologist |
| -ity / -ty | state or quality | activity, certainty |
| -ment | action or result | movement, development |
| -ness | state or quality | kindness, darkness |
| -ology | study of | biology, geology |
| -or / -er | person or thing that does | creator, builder |
| -ship | position held, skill | leadership, craftsmanship |
| -ure | process, result | closure, exposure |
🔹 Adjective-Forming Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning / Use | Examples |
|---|
| -able / -ible | capable of | breakable, visible |
| -al | relating to | regional, logical |
| -ant / -ent | having the quality | dominant, dependent |
| -ary | relating to | literary, revolutionary |
| -ed | having the quality (past participle) | bored, gifted |
| -en | made of | golden, wooden |
| -ese | of a place or culture | Chinese, Japanese |
| -esque | in the style of | picturesque, Kafkaesque |
| -ful | full of | careful, hopeful |
| -ic / -ical | relating to | poetic, historical |
| -ile | capable of | fragile, docile |
| -ine | relating to | feminine, marine |
| -ish | relating to, somewhat | foolish, greenish |
| -ive | having the nature of | creative, passive |
| -less | without | fearless, hopeless |
| -like | similar to | childlike, warlike |
| -ly | having the qualities of | friendly, scholarly |
| -ous / -eous / -ious | full of | gracious, courageous |
| -some | characterized by | awesome, bothersome |
| -y | full of or covered with | cloudy, shiny |
🔹 Verb-Forming Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning / Use | Examples |
|---|
| -ate | to make or do | activate, dominate |
| -en | to make | darken, strengthen |
| -ify / -fy | to make | beautify, simplify |
| -ize / -ise (BrE) | to make or become | finalize, energize |
🔹 Adverb-Forming Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning / Use | Examples |
|---|
| -ly | in a manner | quickly, silently |
| -ward / -wards | direction | forward, backwards |
| -wise | in relation to | clockwise, lengthwise |
🔹 Diminutive or Informal Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning / Use | Examples |
|---|
| -ette | small | cigarette, kitchenette |
| -let | small | piglet, booklet |
| -ling | small or young | duckling, underling |
| -y / -ie / -ey | informal form | doggy, sweetie, barney |