"Pen-" is the prefix for the word "penultimate."
Words that drop the ending "y" and add "-ies" are those for which the penultimate letter of the word is a consonant. As the penultimate letter of keys is a vowel, the final consonant y is retained and an s is added at the end.
Penultimate means next-to-last, and "penultimate stress" in phonetics refers to stress in a word falling on the penultimate syllable. In other words, a word carrying penultimate stress is a word that is stressed on the next to the last syllable, e.g. he-li-COP-ter, AF-ter, fan-TAS-tic, etc.
A good word for second to last is penultimate, and a word for third to last is anti- penultimate
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The penultimate letter in the word "rest" is the letter "e." In the word "rest," the letter "e" appears second to last, making it the penultimate letter. The sequence of letters in the word "rest" is R-E-S-T, with the letter "e" being the penultimate letter before the final letter "t."
Because it is the second to last letter.
The word for last but two is "penultimate."
The word that means "second from last" is "penultimate."
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