News imageLearning English Vocabulary, Silent letters

Learning English Vocabulary

Silent letters

5 January 2026

7 minutes

Available for over a year

We talk about letters in English that we see in words but don’t actually pronounce.

LISTEN TO REAL EASY ENGLISH:

✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/real-easy-english

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER:

✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters

FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:

Visit our website

✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish

Follow us

✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

LIKE PODCASTS?

Try some of our other popular podcasts including:

✔️ 6 Minute English

✔️ Learning English from the News

✔️ Learning Easy English

They're all available by searching in your podcast app.