The word is:
MEADOW
The letters in alphabetical order are:
A, D, E, M, O, W
Step 2: Compare original and alphabetical positions
We now compare the positions of each letter in the original word with their positions in the alphabetically sorted sequence:
| Original Position | Letter | Alphabetical Position | Unchanged? |
| 1 | M | 4 | No |
| 2 | E | 3 | No |
| 3 | A | 1 | No |
| 4 | D | 2 | No |
| 5 | O | 5 | Yes |
| 6 | W | 6 | Yes |
Step 3: Count unchanged positions
From the comparison, the letters O (position 5) and W (position 6) remain in their original positions.
Final Answer:
The number of letters that remain unchanged is:
2
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