reticulute and the last vowel
schwaOne syllable of reticulate is stressed and four are not. Unstressed English vowels all sound roughly alike, so the letters in them are unrecoverable from the sound.
heard asreticulute
spelledreticulate
saidri-TIK-yuu-lut
reticulate.
As an adjective this word carries no stress at all on its final syllable, so the a shrinks to almost nothing. Said as a verb, to reticulate, the same syllable comes back as a clear ayt. Same spelling, two pronunciations, one letter.
The rest of the net
ruticulate retikulate reticculate reticulete raticulate retticulate
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