The English language is notorious for its use of silent letters. In fact, about 60 percent of English words contain a silent letter. But these often distressing words weren’t intended to be so ...

The Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English . English spelling can be tricky due to silent letters, double letters, and homophones. Common misspellings like "definately" for "definitely" and ...

Silent letters appear in many commonly used words. For example, the ‘K’ is missing from the pronunciation of words like knife, knee, knock, knowledge, and more.

A fun, animated guide explaining that silent letters are found in lots of English words. This short film is relevant to teaching English at KS2 level in England and Northern Ireland and Second ...

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And overtime, silent letters became much more prominent in English, and are pretty much everywhere in the word. The letter ...

What they're saying: "This year's most misspelled words violate many phonics rules, contain silent letters, contain double letters, originate from other languages and use tricky suffixes," a ...