Words with Silent Letters
The chart below highlights many common words that have a letter that is not pronounced.
| silent b | bomb, debt, limb, thumb, crumb, doubt, numb, tomb, climb, dumb, plumber, comb, lamb, subtle |
| silent c | indict, muscle |
| silent ch | yacht |
| silent d | adjective, adjust, handsome, Wednesday |
| silent g | align, campaign, diaphragm, resign, assign, champagne, foreign, sign, benign, design, reign |
| silent gh | bright, fight, light, bought, fought, night, caught, height, weigh, drought, high, weight |
| silent h | ghost, heir, honest, hour, honor, herb, vehicle, exhibit |
| silent k | knee, knife, know, knot |
| silent l | calm, folk, psalm, talk, chalk, half, salmon, palm, walk, could, Lincoln, should, would |
| silent n | hymn, autumn, column |
| silent p | cupboard, pneumonia, psalm, psychology, psychic, receipt |
| silent s | aisle, debris, island, Arkansas, Illinois |
| silent t | ballet, Chevrolet, mortgage, gourmet, bouquet, Christmas, often, debut, buffet, fasten, whistle, soften, castle, listen, fillet, rapport |
| silent th | asthma, months, clothes |
| silent w | answer, sword, toward |
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