Leaf Spelling Dictionary

Is it acumanate or acuminate?

schwaAcuminate has one stressed syllable and four unstressed ones. Any of those four vowels can come out of the fingers as almost anything.

heard asacumanate
spelledacuminate
saiduh-KYOO-min-ut

acuminate, with an i in the fourth syllable.

That i comes straight from acumen, the Latin noun for a point, which is also the acumen English uses for sharpness of mind. Keep acumen in view and the vowel stops being a guess.

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