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 D” in English.
- Badge
- Edge
- Handkerchief
- Handsome
- Hedge
- Sandwich
- Wedge
- Wednesday
