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.
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Words with 'gh' and 'kn' sounds are known as consonant clusters. The combination of 'gh' produces sounds like /f/ in words like "enough" or /g/ in words like "ghost." The 'kn' cluster typically produces the /n/ sound in words like "knight" or "knit."
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.
Rough. Cough. Trough. enough
There are I words with a silent E, such as bite, dime, and while. There are I words spelled with GH such as high, sigh, light, and right. There are I words that begin with the prefix bi- which virtually always sounds like BY, or tri- which sounds like TRY. Examples are binary, bimonthly, and trimester.
Some words ending in GH are:boughcoughdoughenoughhighlaughneighnighroughsighsleighthighthoroughthroughtoughugh
Some words ending with the letters "gh" pronounced as "f" are: rough, tough, enough, cough, laugh.
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The English word where 'gh' sounds like 'p' is "hiccough," which is an alternative spelling of "hiccup." The 'gh' in "hiccough" is pronounced like the 'p' sound due to historical changes in the English language. This pronunciation is a result of the evolution of the word from its Middle English origins.
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Yes, "gh" in the word daughter is a digraph representing the sound /f/. It is not a diphthong, which is a combination of two vowel sounds within the same syllable.