Grove Spelling Dictionary
a doubled consonant

How many s?

graft: letter 3
Writtenpistachio

pi-STASH-ee-oh

One. The s closes an unstressed first syllable, and English doubles a consonant only when the vowel in front of it is both short and stressed. The stress in this word lands on the second syllable, well past the s.

Other spellings of pistachio

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