How to pronounce gh - يهمنا غير الباك How to pronounce gh Words with Silent Letters GH Words Written "gh" has no sound of its own. It's never pronounced as it's written, ie. /gh/ The gh is beginning to disappear in some written words, with the new spelling reflecting the pronunciation of the word. gh = /g/ a few words Afghanistan aghast Ghana gherkin ghost ghoul ghetto spaghetti /ɔf/ cough trough /ʌf/ rough tough enough slough off /əp/ hiccough /æf/ laugh draught draft /ɔ/ + silent gh daughter slaughter fraught ought to haughty naughty past tense verbs catch caught ... teach taught buy bought ... bring brought fight fought ... seek sought think thought /ay/ + silent gh bright light night sigh sight high height /ey/ + silent gh neighbor sleigh weigh weight straight /ow/ + silent gh (al)though dough doughnut donut borough boro thorough /uw/ + silent gh through /aw/ + silent gh bough plough plow drought