Sentence examples for double letters from inspiring English sources
"double letters" is correct and usable in written English and can be used when referring to two or more letters repeating or appearing successively
For example: "The word 'dessert' contains two double letters, 'ss'".
Kids got tripped up by silent letters and double letters.
Yet for decades I refused to admit to the word, to the double letters.
She recalled the short-lived NX line and the double letters that once designated local trains.
(Double letters denoted locals; single letters were supposed to run express).
Capitalization and double letters can be indicated with a pause or squiggle, while spacing and punctuation are automatic.
He tried to explain that seats demarcated with double letters are good - on the floor, near the stage.
(It spanned two triple-word squares, with the "q" on a double letter).
When a double letter occurs, a spurious symbol, say Q, is introduced so that the MM in SUMMER is encrypted as NL for MQ and CL for ME.
This one is all about placement, using all seven letters of your rack, with Q and S on a triple word score and Z on a double letter.
I had a double letter in my name, too, but it didn't match up to a Foxx or an Ott.
Flap, in phonetics, a consonant sound produced by a single quick flip of the tongue against the upper part of the mouth, often heard as a short r in Spanish (e.g., in pero, "but") and similar to the pronunciation of the sound represented by the double letter in American English "Betty" and some forms of British English "berry".
