The letter k makes the sound /kuh/ in words like kite, king, kind, etc. However, the letter k can also be a silent letter in some words. For example, k is silent in the word knight and the word is pronounced “night”.
The 'k sound' /k/ is unvoiced (the vocal cords do not vibrate while producing it), and is the counterpart to the voiced 'g sound' /g/. To create the /k/, air is briefly prevented from leaving the vocal tract when the back of the tongue lifts and presses against the soft palate at the back of the mouth.
A few beautiful words that start with the letter K include: Kaleidoscope, Kinetic, Kiss, Kitten, Kith, Kindred, Kindness, Kudos, Kismet, Keynote, and Kingdom.
or k. noun,plural K's or Ks, k's or ks. the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. any sound represented by the letter K or k, as in bilk, kit, or sick.
K. K isn't typically doubled in English—unless two words are getting pressed together into one. That's how we came to have bookkeeper (and bookkeeping) and jackknife. Knickknack is in the same category, but came to be through the process of reduplication from knack.
The capital letter K is sometimes used informally to represent one thousand (dollars), especially in newspaper headlines. There is no space between the numeral and the letter K , as in 75 K .
K, or k, is the eleventh letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is kay (pronounced /ˈkeɪ/), plural kays. The letter K usually represents the voiceless velar plosive.
By 2.5 – 3.5 years, the child starts to use more sounds – 'k','g','f','s','y','h'. Examples of this stage include shoe = “doo” or “soo”; star = “dar”. Speech is often unclear to adults who don't know the child well. By 3.5 – 4.5 years, the child will start to say – 'sh', 'ch', 'j', 'z', 'l', 'v'.