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"Silent letters" are letters found in the spelling of some words in a language ( like English and French ) , but these letters are not pronounced.

Examples:

* The letter "k" is not pronounced in these words: knee

kneel

knight

knot

* The letter "h" is not pronounced in: whale

what

white

why

* The letters in bold in the following words are silent letters: listen

chalk

talk

walk

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