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Silent letters
› K
Silent K
when ⟨k⟩ is not pronounced
⟨kn⟩ — silent K before N
The letter ⟨k⟩ is silent when it comes before ⟨n⟩ at the start of a word.
Two ways to see this:
You can think of ⟨kn⟩ as a silent ⟨k⟩, or as an unusual spelling of /n/ — see the
N sound
page. Both are valid.
Common words
k
n
ee
k
n
ew
k
n
i
f
e
k
n
igh
t
k
n
o
ck
k
n
ow
k
n
ow
l
e
dge
k
n
ow
n
u
n
k
n
ow
n
Verbs
k
n
ea
d
k
n
ee
l
k
n
i
t
k
n
o
t
Nouns and objects
k
n
a
ck
k
n
a
p
s
a
ck
k
n
o
b
k
n
u
ck
le
Compounds and derived forms
d
oo
r
k
n
o
b
k
n
ee
c
a
p
k
n
i
ck
k
n
a
ck
k
n
igh
t
h
oo
d
k
n
i
t
w
ear
k
n
i
ve
s
k
n
o
ck
d
ow
n
k
n
o
ck
o
ff
k
n
o
ck
ou
t
k
n
ow
l
e
dge
a
b
le
t
o
p
k
n
o
t
u
n
b
e
k
n
ow
n
s
t
u
n
k
n
ow
a
b
le
u
n
k
n
ow
i
ng
Less common and archaic
k
n
a
v
e
k
n
e
ll
k
n
e
l
t
k
n
i
ck
k
n
i
ck
er
b
o
ck
er
k
n
o
bb
y
k
n
o
ll
k
n
o
tt
y
Proper nouns
k
n
e
ss
e
t
k
n
or
r
k
n
o
x
k
n
o
x
v
i
ll
e
y
e
ll
ow
k
n
i
f
e