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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
- In EA words -- each, peach, teach, team, bean, cleave, heave, lead (verb or primary position), fear, gear, bread, meant
- In AI words - aisle
- In OA or AO words -- boar, coal, loan, float, cocoa, pharaoh,
Silent E
- Ending words with vowel-consonant-vowel -- care, fate, fete, kite, like, dole, hone, dote, cute, fuse, butte,
- In EA words -- bear, pear, tear, lead (element)
- In EI words -- heist, feisty
- In EU words -- feud, eugenics, euphemism
- In OE words -- shoe, toe
- In UE words -- fuel, hue, queue
Silent I
- In AI words-- bail, pail, tail, lain, paint, bait, aileron, maize
- In EI and IE words -- deceive, believe, retrieve
- In IO words -- fashion, cushion
- In UI words -- juice, sluice, suit
Silent O (other than OU as ow, or oo as in rouge, roulette)
- EO words -- jeopardy, leopard, people
- OU words -- country, southern
Silent U (other than OU as ow, or oo as in rouge, roulette)
- AU words : gauge, laugh, guard
- UE words : guess, guest, league, plague, tongue, catalogue
- UI words : guide, guile, guilt, build, guitar
- Other words through usage : business (U sounds like I)
What else can I help you with?
Does crumble have a silent consonant?
Many words have a silent consonant
What words pairs illustrates consonance?
"Silent tent" is an example of a word pair illustrating consonance, as both words have the same ending consonant sound of "nt."
Is the k the only silent consonant?
No, "k" is not the only silent consonant. Other examples include "h" in words like "honest" and "w" in words like "wrestle."
what is the silent consonant in the word right?
the silent consonant is g
What is the silent consonant in the word ask?
There isn't a silent consonant in ask - all 3 letters are pronounced.
Does says have a silent consonant?
Yes, the "s" in "says" is a silent consonant.
Is answer a silent consonant?
Yes, in the word "answer," the letter "w" is a silent consonant.
What is the silent consonant in the word moist?
The "t" in "moist" is the silent consonant.
What is the silent consonant of laugh?
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.
What is the silent letter in neigh?
Their are no "silent letters" as the 4 letters "eigh" make a single long A sound (as in weigh, eight). It is possible, however, to consider the GH consonant pair as silent because the "ei" vowel pair alone can sometimes have an A sound (lei, rein). But other "ei" words have other sounds (neither).
What is the silent consonant in the word music?
There is no silent consonant in the word "music".
What is Solemn's silent consonant?
The silent consonant in "Solemn" is the "n" at the end of the word.
