Leaf Spelling Dictionary

emmarginate splits the word in the wrong place

stress-doubleDoubling a consonant is how English marks a short stressed vowel. The stressed vowel in emarginate is followed by an r, and nothing else in the word is stressed at all.

heard asemmarginate
spelledemarginate
saidee-MAR-jin-ut

One m. emarginate.

Doubling the m assumes the prefix is em-, as in embed, embark and embody. It is not. The prefix is e-, meaning out of, and the m belongs to the other half, to margo. Put the break in the right place and there is nothing left for a second m to do.

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