hypmotize = not a word (even my crappy Apple spellcheck agrees, which is somewhat of a rarity)
Given that I write educational curricula and encourage students not to believe something just because some authority (me) said so, I'll toss some other verification into the ring.
First out of the box, we have Garner's Modern American Usage, Third Edition, which has this to say about the matter:
No discussion would be complete, however, without consulting the standard-bearer for all such matters, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition:
See an m anywhere in the pronunciation? Nope? Neither do I.
Sure, I know the Violent Femmes pronounced it with the M sound in "Add It Up," but really, who takes grammar and pronunciation lessons from bands?
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