Moss Spelling Dictionary

hiepojymnia, corrected

heard as hiepojymnia

spelled hypogymnia

Hypogymnia. The first y and the g both go back in.

What the ear did

This is the name written entirely by sound, and it lands three letters away from the target. Both the y and the g are Greek inheritances rather than English choices.

Sound decision: two sound decisions at once. Said hy-poh-JIM-nee-uh.

H-Y-P-O-G-Y-M-N-I-A

The full entry for hypogymnia covers the name itself.

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