The GH is silent in several spellings:
I words (long I) : high, sigh, light, night
AI words (long A) : straight
EI words (long A) : weigh, eight, neighbor
AU and OU words (AW) : bought, fought, caught, daughter, naughty
OU words (OW) : bough, plough
OU words (long O): dough, though
The silent letter in "light" is the "gh," making the "gh" combination silent and the word is pronounced as "lite."
Although "gh" has the sound of "f" in some words with "ough" (and "laugh"), the words though, high, and night have a silent gh, the words ghost and aghast have a silent h, and the word bigheartedseparates the pair into two syllables.
The silent letter in the word mightier is gh. When you pronounce the word you dont say migahter! rihgt ot gh is silent! Happy to answer your question Marisa
There is no silent consonant. In fact, the combination 'gh' in this case has a sound similar to the letter 'f'. However, the same combination can have different sounds in different words, like ghetto, or night and though - where it is not pronounced at all.
Like many -GHT words, both letters (GH) are unpronounced.
the "gh" is pronounced like "f" la-f-ter
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The silent letters in the word "right" are the 'gh.'
The silent letter in "might" is the "gh." It is not pronounced in the word.
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