Fern Spelling Dictionary

two changes at once

polipodeum finds nothing in a nursery list

The spelling is polypodium.

heard polipodeumwritten polypodium2 of 10 positions differtwo changes at once

two changes at once

Two vowels have moved, one near the start and one near the end, and a catalogue search will usually fail on that rather than suggest a correction. The two letters at risk are always the same. The y belongs to poly and the i belongs to podium, and if you can hold on to those two words the rest of the name assembles itself.

The class

Two separate decisions about the letters, both made at once.

Same name

The name