How to spell broccoli

Double letters

The word broccoli has two Cs and one L, and brocolli moves the double from the C to the L. The doubled letter is in the middle of the word, not near the end where the hand tends to put it.

Doubled letters are part of how a word is built, not decoration. The reason behind a double varies from word to word. Often it is an added ending, sometimes the word's history, so the double is learned along with the word.

noun. A cultivated variety of cabbage bearing heads of green or purplish flower buds that are eaten as a vegetable.

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