Which letter is silent in doctor?

"O" (tor) is the silent letter in the word "doctor". The word "Doctor" has two syllables where doc / tor, "doc" is a stressed syllable and "tor" is pronounced as "ter" O in the 2nd syllable is unstressed and toneless.

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What words have a silent D sound?

Silent D: The letter D is silent when it comes just before the letters N and G. Examples: Wednesday, pledge, grudge, cadge. The letter D is also not pronounced in the following common words: handsome, handkerchief, sandwich.

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Which letter is silent in the word?

A silent letter is a letter that isn't heard when a particular word is pronounced. Think of the “b” in subtle, the “a” in bread, and the “h,” in ghost. Almost every word in the alphabet plays the role of a silent letter in at least one word.

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What is the rule for silent C?

B is silent before 't' and after 'm'. C is silent after 's' and before 'i,' 'e,' or 'y. ' C is also silent in the combination 'ck. '

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What are 5 words with a silent C?

Silent C words

There are many examples of this, such as science, scissors, scent, ascent, crescent, descent, descend, disciple, scene, obscene, fluorescent, abscess, fascinate, and muscle. The silent C also shows up in a few other weird words such as czar, acquire, indict, and yacht.

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Is the L in almond silent?

Silent “L” Patterns

If an “L” is found towards the end of the word, before the letters “f,” “v”, “k” and “m,” but after the letter “a,” then it's usually silent (behalf, calve, walk, almond).

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Which letter is silent in plumber?

Letter 'b' is silent in 'plumber'. Letter 'b' is generally not pronounced if letters 'm' and 'b' occur together in a word. Examples : plumb, comb, tomb, plumber etc.

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Which alphabet is never silent?

But as Merriam-Webster Dictionary points out, one unusual letter is never silent: the letter V. While it makes an appearance in words like quiver and vivid, you can rest assured it always behaves the exact same way.

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Which letter is silent in daughter?

neighbour, daughter, fight, straight the sound 'gh' is silent. honest, honour, hour, heir the sound 'h' is silent.

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Is the F silent in fifth?

F. While some people do in fact pronounce the second f in fifth, the first pronunciation given in our dictionary is the one that omits it. Overall, however, f is to be commended for its performance generally.

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What is the sound of d and Ed?

So what's the rule? We pronounce the –ed as /d/ after voiced consonants, except /d/. For example rained, failed, and robbed. We pronounce the –ed as /t/ after unvoiced consonants, except /t/.

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Why does autumn have an N?

As The Independent nicely says it, "Silent Letters are the ghosts of pronunciations past." Older versions of these words had pronounced Ns. Most of them come to English from Latin. For example autumn comes from the Latin autumnus and column comes from the Latin columna. In these words, the N was pronounced.

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Which letter is silent in muscle?

The silent c: Miscellaneous muscle

'Muscle' – we say the same as 'mussel', the seafood.

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Is the B silent in debt?

Silent letter rule: don't pronounce the "b" in words ending in -bt, like "debt" and "doubt".

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Which letter is silent in scissors?

In the word, 'scissors', the 'c' is silent. You don't get to hear the pronunciation of the 'letter c'.

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Which letter is silent in mortgage?

Very few words in the English language contain the consonant cluster –rtg-, and in only one of those words (and its derivatives) is the t silent: mortgage.

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Is the D silent in sandwich?

In the word 'sandwich', if you looked that up in the dictionary, you WOULD see the D sound. But it's actually never pronounced that way. So Wednesday, Handsome: the dictionary says no D.

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Is the D in Wednesday silent?

There is a silent "d" in the word "Wednesday" .

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What is the silent letter in biscuit?

u. Never pronounced after the letter 'q', as in queue, antique and queen, but also silent with other vowels, for example biscuit, guest, rogue, and disguise.

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