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Silent letters
› T
Silent T
when ⟨t⟩ is not pronounced
⟨st⟩ — silent T after S, before consonants
Common verbs (-en endings)
ch
a
s
t
en
ed
ch
r
i
s
t
en
f
a
s
t
en
g
l
i
s
t
en
h
a
s
t
en
l
i
s
t
en
Castle / whistle family (-stle)
a
p
o
s
t
le
b
r
i
s
t
le
b
u
s
t
le
c
a
s
t
le
e
p
i
s
t
le
g
r
i
s
t
le
h
u
s
t
le
j
o
s
t
le
n
e
s
t
l
e
r
u
s
t
le
th
i
s
t
le
t
r
e
s
t
le
wh
i
s
t
le
w
r
e
s
t
le
Compounds and derived forms
b
r
i
s
t
l
i
ng
b
u
s
t
l
i
ng
ch
e
s
t
n
u
t
ch
r
i
s
t
en
d
o
m
ch
r
i
s
t
m
a
s
h
u
s
t
le
r
h
u
s
t
l
i
ng
j
o
s
t
l
i
ng
m
i
s
t
le
t
o
e
r
u
s
t
l
er
r
u
s
t
l
i
ng
wh
i
s
t
le
b
l
ow
er
wh
i
s
t
l
er
wh
i
s
t
l
i
ng
w
r
e
s
t
le
r
w
r
e
s
t
l
i
ng
Proper nouns
h
o
s
t
l
er
n
ew
c
a
s
t
le
⟨ft⟩ — silent T after F
Just one word and its derivatives.
o
f
t
e
n
o
f
t
e
n
t
i
me
s
s
o
f
t
e
n
⟨et⟩ — silent T in French loanwords → /eɪ/
The final ⟨t⟩ is silent in many French loanwords ending in ⟨-et⟩.
Two ways to see this:
You can think of ⟨et⟩ as a silent ⟨t⟩, or as an unusual spelling of /eɪ/ — see the
DAY vowel
page. Both are valid.
Common words
b
a
ll
e
t
b
ou
q
u
e
t
c
a
b
ar
e
t
ch
a
l
e
t
c
r
o
ch
e
t
f
i
ll
e
t
f
i
l
e
t
g
ou
r
m
e
t
r
i
c
o
ch
e
t
s
or
b
e
t
v
a
l
e
t
Less common
c
a
b
er
n
e
t
c
a
ch
e
t
c
a
b
r
i
o
l
e
t
c
r
o
q
u
e
t
p
ar
q
u
e
t
s
o
b
r
i
q
u
e
t
Proper nouns and inflected forms
b
u
ff
e
t
e
d
b
u
ff
e
t
i
ng
ch
e
v
r
o
l
e
t
m
a
n
e
t
m
o
n
e
t
p
i
a
g
e
t
r
o
g
e
t
⟨ot⟩ — silent T in French loanwords → /oʊ/
Two ways to see this:
You can think of ⟨ot⟩ as a silent ⟨t⟩, or as an unusual spelling of /oʊ/ — see the
NO vowel
page. Both are valid.
d
e
p
o
t
e
s
c
ar
g
o
t
p
o
t
p
ou
rr
i
t
a
r
o
t
t
ur
b
o
t
Proper nouns
p
eu
ge
o
t