Leaf Spelling Dictionary

acumunate, and the weakest syllable in the word

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

heard asacumunate
spelledacuminate
saiduh-KYOO-min-ut

acuminate has an i there.

The min in the middle is the least emphasised part of a five-syllable word, sandwiched between the stress and the ending, and at speaking pace it is closer to a grunt than a vowel. A u is as good a transcription of a grunt as any letter English has.

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