Vowels are a e i o u. Consonants are all the other letters in the alphabet. So consecutive consonants are consanants in the order they appear in the alphabet. They are:
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I assume the questioner means letters occurring in their natural alphabetical order. (e.g. paNOPly, DEFinition, STUpid, etc etc)
Multiple vowels that follow directly after one another.
The element with the longest consecutive string of consonants in its name is "molybdenum," which has 8 consecutive consonants in a row (LYBDNM).
Knightsbridge. Barring punctuation, which LU station has the three same consecutive consonants?
Tennessee and Mississippi are states with consecutive double consonants.
A sequence of two or more consecutive consonants in a word is called a consonant cluster. These clusters can be found at the beginning, middle, or end of words.
yachtsman there is at least one other word with five consecutive consonants. I've yet to figure it out, so do share it if you got it.
Its Derbyshire
The element tungsten (W) has the most consecutive consonants in a row in its name, with six in a row (ngstn).
No, "divide" does not contain double consonants. The word "divide" has two consonants, "d" and "v." Double consonants are two consecutive instances of the same consonant in a word, such as in "butter" or "apple."
No, "shuddered" does not contain a double consonant. It has two consecutive consonants "d" and "d," but they are not the same letter.
No, "wilderness" does not have a double consonant. The word has three consecutive consonants in a row: "d," "r," and "n."
No, the word "welcome" does not contain a double consonant. It has two consecutive consonants (l and c), but they are not the same letter.
Lynx, Styx ,Spry Phthalate, Physics, Psychology, etc Lynx, Spry, Physics, and Psychology don't have four consonants together. The "y" in each one is a vowel, as it is in Styx, which isn't a word, but a proper name. Phthalate is good, but a simpler word with four consecutive consonants is "worldly."