Silent words
Here's quick list with of common words with silent letters. These are rules and examples from "The Spelling Skills Handbook", By John Barwick and Jenny Barwick*.
Here's quick list with of common words with silent letters. These are rules and examples from "The Spelling Skills Handbook", By John Barwick and Jenny Barwick*.
- Silent b: comb, crumb, debt, doubt, dumb, lamb, limb, numb, thumb
- Silent c: conscious, muscle, scene, science, scissors
- Silent d: friendship, grandfather, handkerchief, Wednesday, windmill (The d in these words is still sometimes pronounced, but it is becoming less common).
- Silent e: base, bite, hide, ice, large, life, mistake, name, owe, pale
- Silent g: align, campaign, design, foreign, gnat, gnaw, gnome, reign, resign, sign
- Silent h: exhibit, ghost, ghoul, honest, honour, hour, rhyme, rhythm, spaghetti
- Silent l: almond, calf, calm, chalf, could, folk, half, talk, walk
- Silent n: autumn, column, condemn, damn, hymn
- Silent p: corps, coup, cupboard, pneumonia, psalm, psychiatrist, psychic, psychology, raspberry, receipt
- Silent r: car, care, certain, early, for, government, nature, north, oar, offered
- Silent s: aisle, chassis, corps, debris, viscount
- Silent t: ballet, bouquet, castle, debut, fasten, depot, listen, often, ricochet, whistle
- Silent u: guard, guess, guest, guide, guitar
- Silent w: answer, know, saw, sword, who, whole, wrap, wrestle, wrist
Related links
- Spelling rules
- English spelling patterns based on Etymology
- "Chucking words" to help with spelling
- Memory helpers to help you spell
- Words with silent letters
References:
*Barwick, J (1999). The Spelling Skills Handbook. Sydney: Horwitz Education, pp 57-60
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