Moss Spelling Dictionary

leucabryum: which vowel joins the two halves?

heard as leucabryum

spelled leucobryum

An o. Leucobryum.

What the ear did

An unstressed vowel between two stressed chunks is the least reliable thing in any spoken word. In this name the joining vowel belongs to the Greek pattern of compounding, so it is o and never a.

Sound decision: an unstressed vowel blurring. Said loo-koh-BRY-um.

L-E-U-C-O-B-R-Y-U-M

The full entry for leucobryum covers the name itself.

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