Double Consonant Rule Word List

Double Consonant Rule Word List. The rules for doubling final consonants are fairly straightforward for single-syllable words but they become more complex when a word has two or more syllables. Study the word list.

The Floss rule is one of the first rules that I teach beginning spellers. Double final consonants are an English phonics spelling rule that teaches us that usually when a word has one syllable with one short vowel and ends in s l f or z the final consonant will be doubled. The word drop becomes dro pp ed or dro pp ing.

Tonic melon habit lemon which according to the patterns should be spelt tonnic mellon habbit lemmon.

When to double a consonant before adding -ed and -ing to a verb. Sto pp ing sto pp ed ro bb ing ro bb ed si tt ing. According to the tip transit and profit should both have their consonants doubled when adding a suffix. 1 The word begin becomes beginning.