Grove Spelling Dictionary
a doubled consonant

One m or two in the middle?

graft: letter 8
Writtenmacadamia

mak-uh-DAY-mee-uh

One. This is the doubling with the best case behind it, because the m does sit right after the stressed DAY, and English often doubles there. What blocks it is the seam in the word: Macadam ends with a single m and the Latin ending -ia begins after it. Doubling the m would put a letter in a place where two different languages are being joined.

Other spellings of macadamia

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