List of words with silent letters

A is silent in

Head, bread, deaf, meant

B is silent in

Debt, lamb, bomb, tomb, climb, numb, plumb, comb, thumb, tomb, crumb, debt, doubt, subtle

C is silent in

Muscle, blackguard, yacht, indict, scissors, handkerchief, sandwich, landscape scene, scent

D is silent in

Wednesday, handkerchief, handbag, grandson, sandwich, handsome, landscape, Windsor

E is silent in

pirate, more, have, give, rite, fame, serve, enclose, bridge, more, careful, clue, lonely, vogue, hope, corpse, fate

F is silent in

Stiff, cuff, scoff

G is silent in

Gnaw, gnome, phlegm, straight, though, light, align, gnash, reign, champagne, diaphragm, high, gnaw, ghost

H is silent in

Honour, heir, ghost, night, hour, hurrah, Pooh, khaki, Gandhi, heir, Birmingham, exhaust, Thames, exhibition

I is silent in

Business, fashion, cushion

K is silent in

Know, knee, knock, blackguard, knead, knot, knife, knickers, knell, knight, blackguard

L is silent in

Talk, folk, salmon, colonel, salmon, psalm, almond, calf, half, folk, yolk, chalk, calm, talk

M is silent in

Mnemonic

N is silent in

Autumn, solemn, condemn, damn, hymn, monsieur, column, chimney

O is silent in

Leopard, jeopardy

P is silent in

Psalm, pneumatic, cupboard, receipt, corps, pneumonia, pseudo, ptomaine, psychology, ptomaine, coup, receipt, Thompson

R is silent in

Myrrh, catarrh, diarrhea

S is silent in

Isle, aisle, viscount, mess, island, viscount, apropos, aisle, debris, bourgeois, Illinois, Basle, bourgeois

T is silent in

Often, thistle, fasten, mortgage, ballet, ricochet, Christmas, gourmet, tsunami, thistle, rapport, asthma, listen, castle, soften

U is silent in

Build, guild, plague, guest, questionnaire, guitar, catalogue, guilt, tongue, colleague, guide, dialogue

W is silent in

Whole, write, sword, sword, greensward, answer, Greenwich, Norwich, write, two, wrist, writ, whore

Y is silent in

Prayer, mayor

Z is silent in

Rendezvous