Common Silent Consonants:
* b - bomb, bt, bombast, bsubtle
* c - climate, comptroller, couch, century, conscience
* d - due, domestic, department, debt, death
* g - gnomes, gnat, gnashing, gnat, gnomen
* h - honest, honour, hour, heir, health
* k - knife, knight, know, knock, knaw
* l - lamb, limn, lymph, almost, calm
* m - mnificent, mnemonic, museum, mnastic
* n - nowhere, know, mnificent, anxious
* p - palm, pneumonia, psychology, pseudonym, psyche
* t - toast, thought, tistle, whistle, thumb
* w - wrong, write, wrest, wreck, write
* gh - ghost, ghoulish, ghot, ghough, ghough
* mb - mber, mbroil, mbrace, mbar, mbroider
Remember:
* Silent consonants can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of a word.
* Pronunciation varies by dialect, so what's silent in one dialect might be pronounced in another.
* Many rules exist about silent consonants, but there are always exceptions!
To truly understand silent consonants, you need to study specific words and their pronunciations. Dictionaries and online resources are excellent tools for this.