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How to spell avocado
What it means
a green fruit with a stone
How it sounds
/ˌævəˈkɑdoʊ/
Why it catches people out
Three vowels, all different, and no second a until the end.
The spellings people reach for
- avacado
- avocardo
- avacodo
In a sentence
The avocado was not yet ripe.