Words with Silent Letters in English
Did you know that more than half of the words in the English language have silent letters in them?
This is why many English words are pronounced differently than they are spelled. Here is a list of the most popular words with silent letters for you to study.
This is why many English words are pronounced differently than they are spelled. Here is a list of the most popular words with silent letters for you to study.
A – artistically, logically, musically, romantically, stoically
B – bomb, climb, comb, crumb, debt, doubt, dumb, lamb, limb, numb, plumber, subpoena, subtle, succumb, thumb, tomb, womb
C – acquire, acquit, Connecticut, czar, muscle, scissors
CH – yacht
D – badge, edge, handkerchief, handsome, hedge, wedge, Wednesday
E – bridge, clothes, vegetable
G – align, champagne, design, diaphragm, foreign, gnarl, gnash, gnat, gnaw, gnome, gnu, high, reign, resign, sign
GH – alight, drought, eight, light, right, though, thought, weigh
H – choir, exhaust, ghost, hour, honor, honest, herb, rhyme, rhythm, thyme, Thailand, what, when, where, whether, while, whit, white,
why, which
I – business, parliament
KN words where the k is silent: knack, knee, knew, knife, knight, knickers, knitting, knob, knock, knot, know, knuckle
L – calf, calm, chalk, could, folk, half, palm, salmon, talk, walk, would, yolk
M – mnemonic
N – autumn, column, damn, government, hymn, solemn
O – sophomore, opossum
P – corps, coup, cupboard, pneumonia, psalm, pterodactyl, pumpkin, raspberry, receipt
S – aisle, island, debris, isle
T – beret, butcher, castle, Chevrolet, Christmas, depot, fasten, listen, match, mortgage, often, scratch, soften, trestle, tzar, watch, whistle,
witch, wrestle
TH – asthma, clothes
U – biscuit, building, guard, guess, guest, guilty, guitar, rogue, tongue, vogue
W – answer, sword, two, whole, wrap, wreck, wren, wrestling, wriggle, wrinkle, wrist, writing, wrong, wrote
X – faux
Z – rendezvous
B – bomb, climb, comb, crumb, debt, doubt, dumb, lamb, limb, numb, plumber, subpoena, subtle, succumb, thumb, tomb, womb
C – acquire, acquit, Connecticut, czar, muscle, scissors
CH – yacht
D – badge, edge, handkerchief, handsome, hedge, wedge, Wednesday
E – bridge, clothes, vegetable
G – align, champagne, design, diaphragm, foreign, gnarl, gnash, gnat, gnaw, gnome, gnu, high, reign, resign, sign
GH – alight, drought, eight, light, right, though, thought, weigh
H – choir, exhaust, ghost, hour, honor, honest, herb, rhyme, rhythm, thyme, Thailand, what, when, where, whether, while, whit, white,
why, which
I – business, parliament
KN words where the k is silent: knack, knee, knew, knife, knight, knickers, knitting, knob, knock, knot, know, knuckle
L – calf, calm, chalk, could, folk, half, palm, salmon, talk, walk, would, yolk
M – mnemonic
N – autumn, column, damn, government, hymn, solemn
O – sophomore, opossum
P – corps, coup, cupboard, pneumonia, psalm, pterodactyl, pumpkin, raspberry, receipt
S – aisle, island, debris, isle
T – beret, butcher, castle, Chevrolet, Christmas, depot, fasten, listen, match, mortgage, often, scratch, soften, trestle, tzar, watch, whistle,
witch, wrestle
TH – asthma, clothes
U – biscuit, building, guard, guess, guest, guilty, guitar, rogue, tongue, vogue
W – answer, sword, two, whole, wrap, wreck, wren, wrestling, wriggle, wrinkle, wrist, writing, wrong, wrote
X – faux
Z – rendezvous