<human>:  Why is the word ‘maude’ spelled with an ‘e’?
<bot>: The word maude comes from the French word maudit, which means to slander. In Old French, the word was spelled maudit, and then later changed to maudit. The spelling with an e was a later change, but it was not the only change. The spelling with an e was made to distinguish the word from the word maudit.