In an effort to avoid future exile, I compiled a list of all the words with easily-forgotten silent letters. They may not be as wretched as colonel but most of them are still pretty cringe-worthy.

The Real Reason Some English Words Have Silent Letters. Tiko Aramyan/Shutterstock. By Claire Nowak. Updated on Jul. 19, 2021. There are legitimate explanations for why words like pterodactyl and ...

'M' keeps quiet in 'mnemonic.' I also found a sign on the internet that warns 'Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.' On the other hand, if you say “listen” out loud ...

But the silent letters are very often hidden remnants of how the words passed through different languages on their way to English. Here, from our friends at Vocabulary.com , are 15 words that ...

I select a guiding word for each year, and 2025 is actually two words in one by rearranging the letters in the word “silent” you also can spell the word “listen.” ...

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According to the author of The Word Snoop Ursula Dubosarky, about 60 per cent of English words contain silent letters, and they can be consonants as well as silent vowels. Worse still, ...

The Dead Letter Dept. feels like it was specifically designed for me (outside of "litre", ugh). It’s a crunchy, oppressive, ...

In this letter grid, the word card is hidden. Only eagle-eyed readers can spot the word in 6 seconds. Can you? Test your puzzle-solving skills with this word-search puzzle.

But the silent letters are very often hidden remnants of how the words passed through different languages on their way to English. Here are 15 words that prove that English spelling is far from ...