What common English word contains twenty-six letters, yet only has a single vowel in it?
Alphabet
The word 'alphabet' refers to the set of 26 letters and contains the single vowel 'a' multiple times, or the phrase 'contains twenty-six letters' describes the alphabet itself.
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