Cadex or Caudex: How To spell?

The word Cadex is misspelled against Caudex, a noun meaning "The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant."

Word contains consecutive vowels 'AU' in between alphabets c & dex is misspelled as 'A' as letter 'U' is phonetically ignored
Wrong Spelling:  c-a-dex 
Correct Spelling:  c-au-dex 
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