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Daily wordsMots du 17 août 2026

Silent letters at the very start

You're reading out loud and you keep tripping on words whose first letter nobody actually says.

Dix mots pour tous les jours, en anglais : know, knee, write, wrap, wrong, honest, hour, rhythm, psychiatrist, pneumonia. Chacun avec sa prononciation et une phrase à dire à voix haute.

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Les dix mots10 mots, 10 phrases

  1. 1
    know/noʊ/verbTo have a fact in your head and be sure of it.The k is silent, so it comes out exactly like "no".
  2. 2
    knee/niː/nounThe joint in the middle of your leg that lets it bend.One syllable, just "nee" — no k sound at the front.
  3. 3
    write/raɪt/verbTo put something into words on paper or a screen.Sounds the same as "right"; the w is not said.
  4. 4
    wrap/ræp/verbTo fold paper or cloth around something to cover it.Same sound as "rap" — start on the r.
  5. 5
    wrong/rɔːŋ/adverbIn a way that is not correct.Starts on the r, and the vowel is long: RAWNG.
  6. 6
    honest/ˈɑːnəst/adjectiveNot cheating or lying to people.No h at all; it opens like the word "on".
  7. 7
    hour/ˈaʊər/Se dit aussi aʊr.nounA length of time of sixty minutes.Sounds just like "our" — the h is silent.
  8. 8
    rhythm/ˈrɪðəm/nounThe pattern of strong and weak beats in spoken words.Two syllables, RITH-uhm, with the soft th of "the" and no h sound after the r.
  9. 9
    psychiatrist/səˈkaɪətrəst/nounA doctor who treats mental illness.The p drops off and the stress lands on the second syllable: suh-KY-uh-trist.
  10. 10
    pneumonia/nuːˈmoʊnjə/Se dit aussi nəˈmoʊnjə.nounAn illness in the lungs that makes breathing hard.The p is silent and it begins like "new"; the stress is on the MO.

Les phrases

  1. 1

    I know how it's spelled, I just can't say it.

  2. 2

    My knee hurts when I stand up too fast.

  3. 3

    Could you write that down for me, please?

  4. 4

    I'd like to wrap this before we leave.

  5. 5

    I think I said that word wrong again.

  6. 6

    To be honest, I don't know the answer.

  7. 7

    The train leaves in an hour, so let's hurry.

  8. 8

    I can hear the rhythm when you read slowly.

  9. 9

    She's seeing a psychiatrist about her sleep problems.

  10. 10

    He was in the hospital with pneumonia last month.