Words with Silent Letters

GH Words

Written "gh" has no sound of its own.
It's never pronounced as it's written, ie. /gh/

The gh is beginning to disappear in some written words,
with the new spelling reflecting the pronunciation of the word.


gh = /g/	a few words Afghanistan aghast Ghana gherkin ghost ghoul ghetto spaghetti
/ɔf/	cough trough
/ʌf/	rough tough enough slough off
/əp/	hiccough
/æf/	laugh draught draft
/ɔ/ + silent gh	daughter slaughter fraught ought to haughty naughty past tense verbs catch caught ... teach taught buy bought ... bring brought fight fought ... seek sought think thought
/ay/ + silent gh	bright light night sigh sight high height
/ey/ + silent gh	neighbor sleigh weigh weight straight
/ow/ + silent gh	(al)though dough doughnut donut borough boro thorough
/uw/ + silent gh	through
/aw/ + silent gh	bough plough plow drought