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Doubling consonant rule - a spelling pattern in which a one-syllable word with a short vowel ends with /f/, /l/, /s/, or /z/, so the consonant letters are doubled and spelled ‘-ff’, ‘-ll’, ‘-ss’, or ‘-zz’. Examples include off, fall, buzz.
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