Silent Letter Words

Many words in English have silent letters. Silent letters are letters that you can't hear when you say the word, but that are
there when you write the word.
You can put your mouse over a word to see the silent letter highlighted. Click a word to hear the correct pronunciation.
Silent
B:

Silent C:

aplo
mb
bom
b
climb e
comb
crum
b

debt
doub

dumb
jamb
lamb
limb
numb
plum

Silent D:

Silent G:

Silent H:

Silent
K:

abscess
handkerc
align
ache
knack
ascend
hief
assign
anchor
knapsa
ascent
sandwich
benign
archeolog ck
conscienc #
campai y
knave
Wednesd gn
architect
knead
conscious ay
champ
archives
knee
agne
chaos
kneel
crescent
cologn
character
knell
descend
e
knew
descent
consign
character
knicke
disciple
istic
rs
fascinate
design
charisma
knife
feign
chemical
knight
fluoresce
foreign
chemist
nt
chemothe
knit
incandes
gnarl
rapy
knob
cent
gnash
chlorine
knock
isosceles
gnat
choir
knoll
luminesce
gnaw
cholera
knot
nt
gnome
chord
know
miscellan
gnu
choreogra
knowle
eous
reign
ph
dge
muscle
resign
chorus
knuckl

Silent
N:

Silent P:

Silent
T:

autu
psycholog
apostl
mn
y
e
colu
pneumonia
bristl
mn
e
cond
pseudo
bustl
emn
psychiatri e
damn st
castle
psychiatry
hymn
faste
psychothe n
sole rapy
gliste
mn
psychotic n
receipt
hustl
e
jostle

Silent
U:

bague
tte
biscui
t
build
built
circui
t
disgui
se
guess
guest
guide
guild
guile
guillot
listen ine
guilt
moist
guilty
en
guise
mortg
guitar
age
often
rogue

Silent
W:
awry
playwri
ght
sword
wrack
wrangl
e
wrap
wrappe
r
wrath
wreak
wreath
wreck
wrecka
ge
wren
wrench

wrest
wrestl

b
e

subtl

succ
umb
thum
b
tomb

wom

te

obscene
resuscita
scenario
scene
scent
scissors

sign

Christian e
Christmas

chrome
echo
leprechau
loch
mechanica

melanchol

monarch
monochro
me
orchestra
orchid
psychic
scheme
school
stomach
technical
technique
technolog
y
* Note: These words can be pronounced with or without the silent letter /t/
# Note: This word can be pronunced with or without the silent letter /d/

wretch
nestle
rustle

softe
n*
thistl
e
trestl
e
whistl
e
wrest
le

silhou
ette

wretch
ed
wriggl
e
wring
wrinkl
e
wrist
writ
write
writhe
wrong
wrote
wrough
t

wrung
wry