Silent consonants

Silent consonant	Patterns	Examples
B	mb bt	bomb, climb, comb, lamb, thumb, plumb, climber, plumber debt, doubt, subtle
T	single words	castle, chestnut, Christmas, fasten, listen, mortgage, often ballet, buffet, valet, debut
H	single words wh in some words	heir, honour, hour, ghost, rhythm what, when, where, while, white, why
K	kn	knee, knew, knife, knight, knit, knock, know
W	wr single words wh in some words	wrap, wrist, wrinkle, wreck, write answer, towards, two whole, who, whom, whose
G	words ending in gn	align, campaign, design, foreign, reign, sign
N	mn in some words	autumn, column, condemn, damn, hymn, solemn
L	lm in some words other words	balm, calm, palm, almond, salmon calf, half, chalk, walk, could, should, would, colonel