Leaf Spelling Dictionary

Two l's in reticulate?

stress-doubleA doubled consonant marks a short stressed vowel in English. Reticulate has one of those, but the word never took the doubling.

heard asreticullate
spelledreticulate
saidri-TIK-yuu-lut

One.

By the time the word reaches its l there are two unstressed syllables behind it and one in front. Doubling needs a stressed short vowel to attach to and there is none here.

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