Moss Spelling Dictionary

The stressed vowel in marchentia

heard as marchentia

spelled marchantia

Marchantia. The stressed vowel is a.

What the ear did

Even a stressed vowel goes uncertain when the syllable ends in n, which is why so many English speakers cannot hear the difference between -ant and -ent at the end of a word. The surname settles it.

Sound decision: an unstressed vowel blurring. Said mar-KAN-tee-uh, often mar-KAN-sha.

M-A-R-C-H-A-N-T-I-A

The full entry for marchantia covers the name itself.

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