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Revision as of 00:15, 23 February 2023
In these words the letter h is always silent.
The list below does not include words where the pronunciation of h usually depends on the dialect of English being spoken, such as the words "hospital" or "horrible".
Only several examples of words with the letter cluster ght such as "right" and "bought" are given in this list. h in the letter cluster ght is almost always unpronounced.
aghast |
anchor |
archaeology / archeology |
architect |
architecture |
archive |
bought |
chaos |
character |
charisma |
chemical |
chemist |
chemistry |
cholera |
cholesterol |
chord |
chorus |
chromosome |
Christ |
Christian |
Christianity |
Christmas |
echo |
exhibition |
exhaust |
exhaustion |
heir |
heirloom |
honest |
honour / honor |
hour |
Ghana |
ghastly |
gherkin |
ghetto |
ghost |
ghoul |
psychic |
psychologist |
psychology |
right |
rhinoceros |
rhubarb |
rhyme |
rhythm |
school |
sigh |
stomach |
technology |
Thai |
Thailand |
vehicle |
whack |
whale |
wharf |
what |
whatever |
wheat |
wheel |
when |
whenever |
where |
while |
whim |
whine |
whisky/whiskey |
whisper |
whistle |
whit |
whittle |
whizz / whiz |
white |
why |