Why is there one P in "hoping" and two P's in "mopping""hopping"?

Hoping is the present participle of hope. Moppinghopping is the present participle of mophop. Hoping has only one p while moppinghopping has two. What difference does it make? Why is hoping not hopping?

Edit: I changed mop to hop because of a comment by Kat.

Kat: Why would you compare hope to mop instead of hope to hop (in which case I think your answer will become obvious)?

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Why is there one pP in "hoping" and two P's in "mopping"?

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HopingHoping is the present participle of hopehope. MoppingMopping is the present participle of mopmop. HopingHoping has only one p while moppingmopping has two. What difference does it make? Why is hoping not hopping?

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Why is there one P in "hoping" and two P's in "mopping""hopping"?

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