What is a silent letter?
A silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word’s pronunciation. One of the noted difficulties of English spelling is a high number of silent letters, they make the spelling of words different from their pronunciation.
Here’s a list of “silent letters G” in English.
- Align
- Assign
- Benign
- Campaign
- Champagne
- Cologne
- Consign
- Design
- Feign
- Foreign
- Gnarl
- Gnarly
- Gnome
- Reign
- Resign
- Sign