Grove Spelling Dictionary
a doubled consonant

Where would a double d go?

graft: letter 6
Writtenmacadamia

mak-uh-DAY-mee-uh

Nowhere. A doubled d in English marks a short stressed vowel in front of it, as in ladder or sudden. The syllable before the d here is unstressed and almost inaudible, which is the opposite of the condition doubling exists to mark.

Other spellings of macadamia

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