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How to spell magnificent

magnificent

Not magnificant.

The trap

-ant or -ent

The word magnificent ends -ent, and magnificant writes it as -ant, after significant. Magnificence keeps the E, while significant and significance keep the A.

-ant and -ent are the same sound when the syllable is unstressed. Which one a word takes is usually learned with the word, and its -ance or -ence relative keeps the same vowel (confident, confidence).

What it means

adjective. Very beautiful and impressive.

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