For the record, here’s what the RS resources have to say - the wording is deliberate. The note on the Suffix Checker is this.
The comment in the ‘Connecting Vowel Letters’ films is this
Comparing <horrible> with <abhor>, <terrible> with <deter>, and <rebellion> with <rebel> could prove interesting. It might have something to do with interesting liquids.
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