Is P silent in receipt?
Also, the “p” in receipt is silent.
How do you speak receipt?
Is B silent in debt?
Originally Answered: What is the silent letter in the word debt? The ‘b‘ is silent. The letter was inserted in the word by writers and scholars to show its relationship to the Latin word ‘debitum’.
Which sound is silent in the word receipt?
“Receipt” is pretty much just an exceptional case. The word is pronounced without a /p/ sound because it comes from French receite/recete. It is spelled with a P based on its etymology from Latin receptus.