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What are the most ways that the same letter can be pronounced in a single word?

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What are the most ways that the same letter can be pronounced in a single word?
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Doubled letters are not counted as one sounded and one silent letter.

  Most                          Highest Density         Most Common Consecutive
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a calamariaceae (5)             ala (.67)               octaacetate
b doubtable (2)                 bomb (.50)
c chicomuceltec (3)             chic (.50)              access
d dropped (2)                   duped (.40)             stripped-down
e telemetered (5)               eve (.67)               preemptive
f matter-of-fact (2)                                    matter-of-fact
g engaging (3)                  agoge (.40)             suggest
h highbush (3)                  hah (.67)               withhold
i microminiaturization (5)      mini (.50)              radii
j ljubljana (2)                 djajapura (.22)
k makhorka (2)                  sicknik (.29)           jackknife
l colonel (2)                   fulfil (.33)            wallless [AH4]
m comtism (2)                   mneme (.40)             custom-made
n condemning (3)                nemning (.43)           solemnness
o phosphoroscope (4)            oxo (.67)               cooperation
p pteridospermaphyta (3)        impromptu (.22)         sapphire
q
r reservoir (3)                 brer (.50)              coir-rope
s dispossession (3)             says (.50)              newsstand
t bathypitotmeter (4)           that (.50)              cutthroat
u lugubrious (3)                cumulus (.43)           continuum
v pavlovian (2)                 lvov (.50)              v-value
w betweenwhiles (2)             wow (.67)               screwworms
x executrix (2)                 xerox (.40)             
y hydronymy (3)                 syzygy (.50)            gayyou
z dzerzhinsk (2)                rzeszow (.29)