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    This document provides a list of words in English that contain silent letters, grouped by the silent letter. It notes that silent letters are letters that are written in a word but not pronounced aloud. For each silent letter, it lists examples of words containing that letter and highlights the silent letter. It also provides notes on some words having variations in pronunciation. The purpose is to identify words with silent letters and provide correct pronunciation.

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    This document provides a list of words in English that contain silent letters, grouped by the silent letter. It notes that silent letters are letters that are written in a word but not pronounced aloud. For each silent letter, it lists examples of words containing that letter and highlights the silent letter. It also provides notes on some words having variations in pronunciation. The purpose is to identify words with silent letters and provide correct pronunciation.

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    This document provides a list of words in English that contain silent letters, grouped by the silent letter. It notes that silent letters are letters that are written in a word but not pronounced aloud. For each silent letter, it lists examples of words containing that letter and highlights the silent letter. It also provides notes on some words having variations in pronunciation. The purpose is to identify words with silent letters and provide correct pronunciation.

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    SilentLetterWords
    ManywordsinEnglishhavesilentletters.Silentlettersarelettersthatyoucan'thearwhenyousaytheword,butthataretherewhenyouwritetheword.
    Youcanputyourmouseoverawordtoseethesilentletterhighlighted.Clickawordtohearthecorrectpronunciation.
    SilentB:

    SilentC:

    aplomb
    bomb
    climb
    comb
    crumb
    debt
    doubt
    dumb

    abscess
    ascend
    ascent
    conscience
    conscious
    crescent
    descend
    descent

    jamb
    lamb
    limb
    numb

    SilentD:
    handkerchief
    sandwich#
    Wednesday

    SilentG:

    SilentH:

    SilentK:

    align
    assign
    benign
    campaign
    champagne
    cologne
    consign
    design

    ache
    anchor
    archeology
    architect
    archives
    chaos
    character
    characteristic

    knack
    knapsack
    knave
    knead
    knee
    kneel
    knell
    knew

    disciple
    fascinate
    fluorescent
    incandescent

    feign
    foreign
    gnarl
    gnash

    charisma
    chemical
    chemist
    chemotherapy

    plumb
    subtle

    isosceles
    luminescent

    gnat
    gnaw

    succumb
    thumb
    tomb

    miscellaneous
    muscle
    obscene

    womb

    resuscitate
    scenario
    scene

    SilentN:

    psychology
    pneumonia
    pseudo
    psychiatrist
    psychiatry
    psychotherapy
    psychotic
    receipt

    SilentT:

    SilentU:

    SilentW:

    apostle
    bristle
    bustle
    castle
    fasten
    glisten
    hustle
    jostle

    baguette
    biscuit
    build
    built
    circuit
    disguise
    guess
    guest

    awry
    playwright
    sword
    wrack
    wrangle
    wrap
    wrapper
    wrath

    knickers
    knife
    knight
    knit

    listen
    moisten
    mortgage
    often*

    guide
    guild
    guile
    guillotine

    wreak
    wreath
    wreck
    wreckage

    chlorine
    choir

    knob
    knock

    nestle
    rustle

    guilt
    guilty

    wren
    wrench

    gnome
    gnu
    reign

    cholera
    chord
    choreograph

    knoll
    knot
    know

    soften*
    thistle
    trestle

    guise
    guitar
    rogue

    wrest
    wrestle
    wretch

    resign
    sign

    chorus
    Christian
    Christmas

    knowledge
    knuckle

    whistle
    wrestle

    silhouette

    wretched
    wriggle
    wring

    scent
    scissors

    autumn
    column
    condemn
    damn
    hymn
    solemn

    SilentP:

    chrome
    echo
    leprechaun

    wrinkle
    wrist
    writ

    loch
    mechanical
    melancholy
    monarch
    monochrome
    orchestra
    orchid

    write
    writhe
    wrong
    wrote
    wrought
    wrung
    wry

    psychic
    scheme
    school
    stomach
    technical
    technique
    technology
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    #Note:Thiswordcanbepronuncedwithorwithoutthesilentletter/d/

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