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silent letter

letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation
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silent letter

Summary

silent letter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • silent letter's subclass of is recorded as letter[2].
  • silent letter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05qrfg[3].
  • silent letter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Silent letters[4].
  • silent letter's has characteristic is recorded as silence[5].
  • silent letter's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780513372[6].
  • silent letter's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/13405[7].
  • silent letter's KBpedia ID is recorded as SilentLetter[8].
  • silent letter's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 묵음[9].

Why It Matters

silent letter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). silent letter. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/silent-letter
MLA “silent letter.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/silent-letter.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_silent-letter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{silent letter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/silent-letter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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