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In English, consonants like 'k,' 'j,' 'v,' 'w,' 'x,' 'y,' 'z' cannot be doubled because they do not have the ability to be pronounced twice in succession within the same syllable. Doubling these consonants would change the pronunciation of the word or make them unpronounceable in English.

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