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Silent Sounds

The document provides examples of words in English that contain silent letters. It lists many words where certain letters are written but not pronounced, such as "b", "d", "g", "h", "k", "p", "s", "t", and others. For each silent letter, it gives multiple examples of words containing that letter and notes their typical pronunciation. The silent letters are shown in bold in the document for emphasis.

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Silent Sounds

The document provides examples of words in English that contain silent letters. It lists many words where certain letters are written but not pronounced, such as "b", "d", "g", "h", "k", "p", "s", "t", and others. For each silent letter, it gives multiple examples of words containing that letter and notes their typical pronunciation. The silent letters are shown in bold in the document for emphasis.

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Here are scene (/seen/) high (/hi/) ache (/eyk/) knock (/nok/) (/cassul/)

some science higher (/hi- mechanic knife (/nife/) hustle


examples of (/sience/) ur/) (/mekanik/) Silent l (/hussul/)
silent letters fascinate right (/rite/) architect calf (/carf/) whistle
in words. (/fasinate/) might (/arkitect/) half (/harf/) (/wissul/)
The silent muscle (/mite/) chemistry calm (/carm/) Silent u
letter is in (/mussel/) flight (/flite/) (/kemistry/) balm (/brm/) biscuit
bold and the ascend thigh (th – echo (/ekko/) salmon (/biskit/)
pronunciatio (/assend/) eye) stomach (/samon/) build (/bild/)
n is given descent sigh (s – eye) (/stomak/) would guess (/gess/)
afterwards. (/dissent/) taught school (/wood/) guest (/gest/)
scissors (/tort//) (/skule/) could guide (/guy-
Silent b (/sizzors/) thought schizophreni (/cood/) d/ – rhymes
This is often Silent d (/thort//) a should with "I'd")
at the end of Wednesday ought (/ort/) (/skizofrenia/ (/shood/) guitar
a word (/wenzday/) bought ) walk (/gitar/)
bomb Silent e (/bort/) Often after (/wawk/) Silent w
(pronounced evening brought 'w' talk (/tawk/) These can
/bom/) (/eav-ning/) (/brort/) why (/wy/) Silent n come at the
dumb interesting enough where autumn end of a word
(pronounced (/intresting/) (/enuf/) (/wear/) (/ortum/) window
/dum/) vegetable tough (/tuff/) when (/hoo/) column (/windo/)
climb (/vegtabul/) though what (/wot/) (/colum/) widow
(pronounced Also at end (/tho/) which Silent p (/widdo/)
/claym/) of words although (/witch/) These often yellow
comb where there (/altho/) whisper come at the (/yello/)
(pronounced is a long weigh (/wisper/) beginning of below (/bilo/)
/coam/) vowel: vowel (/way/) whistle words: Also at the
limb + consonant weight (/wissul/) psychiatrist beginning of
(pronounced + final silent (/wayt/) white (/wite/) psychology the word
/lim/) e, such as late straight while (/wile/) psychosis who (/hoo)
thumb (/leyt/), site (/strayt/) whereas pseudonym write (/rite/)
(pronounced and able Silent h (/wearas/) pneumonia wrist (/rist/)
/thum/) /eybul). This can Silent k receipt wrong
But also Silent g come at the These come Silent s (/rong/)
sometimes in sign (/sine/) beginning of at the island (/i- wrap (/rap/)
the middle of design a word: beginning of land/) answer
a word (/dezine/) honest a word, isle (/iyull/) (/anser/)
doubt resign (/onest/) before 'n' Silent t sword
(/dowt/) (/rezine/) hour (/our/) know (/no/) listen (/sord/)
debt (/det/) foreign honour knew (/new/) (/lissen/)
subtle (/forrin/) (/onour/) knowledge fasten
(/suttel/) reign (/rain/) Often after a (/nolidge/) (/fassen/)
Silent c Silent gh c knee (/nee/) castle

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