silent letters in the words

【容易读错的英文单词】英文单词拼读不规律，很多词按照字面写法去读很容易读错。比如receipt不读蕊细泼特，bombing不读棒冰，sword不读死我的，三文鱼salmon不读塞儿门，debt不读待补它，fasten不读法斯疼，island不读伊兹兰。问题就在于有些字母不发音。下面举几个常见的例子：

（有些是因为外来语而不发音，有些是因为在字母组合里所以不发音）

Silent B

limb, crumb, dumb, comb, bomb, thumb, climb, tomb, womb, debt, doubt, debtor, doubtful, subtle, subtleness, subpoena

Silent C

muscle, scissors, ascent, miscellaneous, fascinate, scenario, acquaintance, acknowledge, acquiesce, acquit, victual, Connecticut

Silent D

handkerchief, Wednesday, sandwich, handsome, pledge, dodge, grudge, hedge

Silent E

hope, drive, gave, write, site, grave, bite, hide

Silent G

champagne, foreign, sign, feign, foreign, design, align, cognac

Silent GH

thought, drought, through, thorough, borough, daughter, light, might, sigh, right, fight, weigh, weight

Silent H

what, when, where, whether, why, hour, honest, honor, heir

Silent K

knife, knee, know, knock, knowledge, knead

Silent L

calm, half, talk, walk, would, should, could, calf, salmon, yolk, chalk, folk, balm

Silent M

mnemonic

Silent N

Autumn, hymn, column, solemn

Silent O

colonel,

Silent P

corps, coup, cupboard, pneumonia, psalm, raspberry, receipt, coup, psychiatrist, pneumonia, pneumatic, psychotherapy, psychotic, psychologist, pseudonym, Pterodactyl

Silent S

island, isle, aisle, islet, debris, viscount

Silent T

castle, Christmas, fasten, listen, often, whistle, thistle, bustle, hasten, soften, rapport, gourmet, ballet, beret, Chevrolet, depot, wrestle, mortgage, apostle

Silent U

guess, guidance, guitar, guest, guild, guard

Silent W

wrap, write, wrong, wring, wreck, wrestle, wrap, wrist, who, whose, whom, whole, whoever, answer, sword, two

Silent X

faux

Silent Z

rendezvous