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Common English Words With Silent Letters From A To Z

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In English there are letters that are usually not pronounced in certain words. Let us have a look at these letters and words in which they are silent.

Letter "A"

  • Logically
  • Romantically
  • Artistically
  • Musically
  • Stoically

Letter "B"

  • Comb
  • Jamb
  • Numb
  • Bomb
  • Crumb
  • Lamb
  • Plumb
  • Climb
  • Debt
  • Limb
  • Subtle
  • Succumb
  • Thumb
  • Tomb
  • Womb



Letter "C"

  • Ascend
  • Abscess
  • Ascent
  • Conscience
  • Conscious
  • Crescent
  • Descend
  • Descent
  • Discipline
  • Fascinate
  • Fluorescent
  • Isosceles
  • Luminescent
  • Muscle
  • Obscene
  • Resuscitate
  • Scenario
  • Scene
  • Scent
  • Scissors

Letter "D"

  • Wednesday
  • Hedge
  • Dodge
  • Pledge
  • Grudge
  • Sandwich
  • Handkerchief

Letter "E"

  • Hate
  • Name
  • Like
  • Hope
  • Surprised

Letter "G"

  • Align
  • Assign
  • Benign
  • Campaign
  • Champagne
  • Cologne
  • Consign
  • Gnarl
  • Gnash
  • Gnaw
  • Gnome
  • Gnu
  • Reign
  • Sign



Letter "H"

  • Honest
  • Hour
  • Heir
  • Honour
  • Ache
  • Anchor
  • Archeology
  • Architect
  • Archives
  • Chaos
  • Character
  • Cholera
  • Charisma
  • Chemical
  • Shepherd
  • Monarch
  • Scheme
  • psych

Letter "I"

  • Business
  • Parliament

Letter "K"

  • Knock
  • Knapsack
  • Knave
  • Knead
  • Knee
  • Kneel
  • Knell
  • Knew
  • Knickers
  • Knife
  • Knight
  • Knit
  • Knob
  • Knock
  • Knot
  • Know
  • Knowledge
  • Knuckle

Letter "N"

  • Autumn
  • Column
  • Condemn
  • Damn
  • Hymn
  • Solemn

Letter "P"

  • Psychiatrist
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychotic
  • Receipt
  • Corps
  • Coup

Letter "S"

  • Island
  • Aisle
  • Apropos
  • Bourgeois



Letter "T"

  • Castle
  • glisten
  • hustle
  • jostle
  • listen
  • mortgage
  • nestle
  • rustle
  • thistle
  • trestle
  • whistle
  • wrestle

Letter "U"

  • baguette
  • biscuit
  • build
  • built
  • circuit
  • disguise
  • guess
  • guide
  • guild
  • guile
  • guillotine
  • guilt
  • guilty
  • guilty
  • guise
  • guitar
  • rogue
  • silhouette
  • colleague
  • tongue

Letter "W"

  • Awry
  • Playwright
  • Sword
  • Wrangle
  • Wrap
  • Wrapper
  • Wrath
  • Wreak
  • Wreath
  • Wreck
  • Wreckage
  • Wren
  • Wrench
  • Wretched
  • Wriggle
  • Wring
  • Wrinkle
  • Wrist
  • Writ
  • Write
  • Wrote
  • Wrong
  • Writhe
  • Wrong
  • Wrought
  • Wrung
  • Wry