The plural
Is it bomen or boomen, auto's or autos? A Dutch plural ends in -en or -s, and the spelling sometimes shifts. Splitting the word into sound groups shows you how to write it.
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Why
One boom, two bomen. One bal, two ballen. Why does one word lose an o while the other gains an extra l?
The plural itself is usually easy: you add -en or -s. But that new syllable sometimes changes the spelling of the word.
If you split the word into sound groups, you see why: bo-men and bal-len. A long sound at the end of a sound group is written with one letter. A short sound stays short with a double consonant.
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