How to spell abundance
abundance
Abundance is spelled A-B-U-N-D-A-N-C-E.
Not abundence.
Why is abundance easy to misspell?
The word abundance ends -ance, and abundence spells that ending by ear. Unstressed, the two endings sound the same, and the adjective abundant keeps the same A.
-ance and -ence flatten to the same sound in an unstressed syllable, so the ear cannot settle it. A relative often can: -ant goes with -ance and -ent with -ence (important, importance).
What does abundance mean?
noun. A very large quantity of something.
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