A silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word’s pronunciation. One of the noted difficulties of English spelling is a high number of silent letters, they make the spelling of words different from their pronunciation.
Silent Letters from A-Z
Silent Letters A
artistically, logically, musically, romantically, stoically
Silent Letters B
aplomb, bomb, climb, comb, coulomb, crumb, debt, doubt, dumb, jamb, lamb, limb, numb, plumb, subtle, succumb, thumb, tomb, womb
Silent Letters C
abscess, abscend, ascent, conscience, conscious, crescent, descend, descent, disciple, evanesce, fascinate, fluorescent, muscle, obscene, resuscitate, scenario, science, scene, scissors
Silent Letters D
bridge, edge, handkerchief, handsome, handful, grandson, ledger, sandwich, Wednesday
Silent Letters E
plaque, vegetable, bridge, clothes, hate, name, like, breathe
Silent Letters G
align, assign, benign, champagne, cologne, consign, design, feign, foreign, gnarly, gnash, gnat, gnaw, gnome, gnomic, high, light, reign, resign, sign
Silent Letters H
anchor, archeology, architect, archives, chaos, character, characteristic, charisma, chemical, choreograph, chorus, Christian, Christmas, echo, hour, ghost, when, where, whether, which, while, white, why
Silent Letters K
knack, knave, knead, knee, kneel, kneel, knew, knickers, knife, knight, knit, knob, knock, knoll, knot, know, knowledge, knuckle
Silent Letters L
would, should, calf, half, salmon, talk, yolk
Silent Letters P
psychology, pneumonia, pseudo, psychiatrist, psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychotic, receipt, corps, coup, cupboard, psalm, raspberry
Silent Letters S
aisle, island, debris, isle, patios, viscount
Silent Letters T
apostle, bristle, bustle, castle, fasten, glisten, hustle, listen, moisten, often
Silent Letters N
autumn, column, condemn, damn, hymn, solemn, chimney, government
Silent Letters U
baguette, biscuit, build, circuit, disguise, guess, guest, guide, guild, guilt, guise, guitar, rogue
Silent Letters W
awry, playwright, sword, wrack, wrangle, wrap, wrapper, wrath, wreak, wreath, wreck, wrestle, wriggle, wring, wrinkle, wrist, writ, write, wrong, wrote
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