Grove Spelling Dictionary
a doubled consonant

How many m in clementine?

graft: letter 4
Writtenclementine

KLEM-uhn-teen

One. The stress on KLEM is strong enough to invite a doubled m, the way it is doubled in lemming or in summit. But the doubling convention marks a short vowel in a native English word, and this is a French given name that English took whole. Clément has one m and so does the fruit.

Other spellings of clementine

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