There are a few words where one or more pronunciations create an actual silent vowel, such as the I in "business" and in "family" or the E in "different."
Vowels are often "silent" (not sounded) when paired with other vowels (digraphs), or can affect the pronunciation of other vowels without being sounded themselves.
Silent A
Silent E
Silent I
Silent O (other than OU as ow, or oo as in rouge, roulette)
Silent U (other than OU as ow, or oo as in rouge, roulette)
Many words have a silent consonant
"Silent tent" is an example of a word pair illustrating consonance, as both words have the same ending consonant sound of "nt."
No, "k" is not the only silent consonant. Other examples include "h" in words like "honest" and "w" in words like "wrestle."
the silent consonant is g
There isn't a silent consonant in ask - all 3 letters are pronounced.
Yes, the "s" in "says" is a silent consonant.
Yes, in the word "answer," the letter "w" is a silent consonant.
The "t" in "moist" is the silent consonant.
There is no silent consonant in the word "music".
The silent consonant in "Solemn" is the "n" at the end of the word.
No, the "c" in muscular is pronounced, so it is not a silent consonant.
The silent consonant in the word "whole" is the "w."