English has many silent letters. They often reflect an older pronunciation of the language. Here is a list of words with silent letters:
autumn
calm
castle
doubt
guard
honest
hope
island
sword
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Silent letters are very common in English. As the list illustrates, many letters can be silent in different words. Many words such as hope have a silent e at the end of a word. In this case the e is a diacritic letter. It is silent, but it also changes the sound of the preceding vowel. In the word hop the vowel quality is different.
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