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First of all a consonant is any letter that is out side of the set of letters (A,E,I,O,U).

A double consonant refers to two (2) identical consonants, one after the other (or side by side), typically written as such to maintain the phonetic structure of a written word as it changes from one form to another. For example: run -> running. Sometimes the double consonant also preserves the meaning of the word along with its phonetic structure. Example: plan -> planning, if we did not use a double consonant, we would not be able to differentiate the the present participle of plan from that of plane.

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