Yes — "listen" is a Second Grade sight word. Its "t" is completely silent, an unusual pattern that makes the word hard to sound out accurately without prior exposure.
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"Listen" belongs to a small family of English words with a silent "t", including "castle", "often", and "fasten". Since this silent-letter pattern doesn't apply consistently across all similar-looking words, "listen" is best taught as a memorized whole word rather than decoded through general phonics rules.
Point out the silent "t" directly and have your child practice saying "listen" aloud a few times, noticing that the "t" simply isn't heard.
Word Wizard teaches "listen" with Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It, and Write It — four game modes that turn repetition into play.
See "listen" with its picture, syllables, and example sentence — with native audio.
Hear "listen" spoken aloud and pick it out from similar-looking words.
Build "listen" letter by letter from shuffled tiles.
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