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 W” in English.
- Answer
- Awry
- Playwright
- Sword
- Two
- Whole
- Wrack
- Wrap
- Wrapper
- Wrath
- Wreath
- Wreck
- Wreckage
- Wren
- Wrench
- Wrestling
- Wretched
- Wriggle
- Wring
- Wrinkle
- Wrist
- Wrong
- Wrote