could, would
what is the silent letter for sword
The letter 'a' would be silent, the word being pronounced as Goht
The silent letter in plateau is "u".
The silent letter in "excess" is the letter "c".
The letter "r" is silent in the word "worst".
The letter which is silent in the word folk is the letter L.
In one pronunciation (mem-reez) the O is silent. In the other (mem-uh-reez) it is not.The I could be considered "silent" because the vowel pair IE is pronounced E.
The final E is silent. The letter pair SC has an S sound, so C could be considered "silent" -- however, either an S alone or a C alone could have the S sound when follow by E, as in seen or centennial.
The first letter C could be considered silent in the sense that it doesn't really change the pronunciation of the S that it follows; the final E is also silent. You could get the same pronunciation if the word was spelled siens. But we're used to science.
No, the word "Balk" does not have a silent letter. Each letter is pronounced when saying the word.
The 'w' is silent in the word "answer".