Heard spelling

inflerescence

Spelled inflorescence. an unstressed vowel

Which vowel follows the l?

An o. The word is built on flos, floris, flower, and that o is the only part of it a reader can recognise at a glance.

Inflerescence loses exactly the letter that makes the word mean anything. Flor is the root in floral, flourish, florist and flora, and it survives the stress shift in all of them.

Say

in-flor-ESS-uhnss

Letters

I-N-F-L-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-C-E