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Words with Silent Letters

The chart below highlights many common words that have a letter that is not pronounced.

silent bbomb, debt, limb, thumb, crumb, doubt, numb, tomb, climb, dumb, plumber, comb, lamb, subtle
silent cindict, muscle
silent chyacht
silent dadjective, adjust, handsome, Wednesday
silent galign, campaign, diaphragm, resign, assign, champagne, foreign, sign, benign, design, reign
silent ghbright, fight, light, bought, fought, night, caught, height, weigh, drought, high, weight
silent hghost, heir, honest, hour, honor, herb, vehicle, exhibit
silent kknee, knife, know, knot
silent lcalm, folk, psalm, talk, chalk, half, salmon, walk, could, Lincoln, should, would
silent nhymn, autumn, column
silent pcupboard, pneumonia, psalm, psychology, psychic, receipt
silent saisle, debris, island, Arkansas, Illinois
silent tballet, Chevrolet, mortgage, gourmet, bouquet, Christmas, often, debut, buffet, fasten, whistle, soften, castle, listen, fillet, rapport
silent thasthma, months,* clothes*
silent wanswer, sword, toward

*You will hear some Americans lightly pronounce the th sound when saying these words but most just omit it.

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