Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I’m probably still doing it with some word.

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      Lacquer. (Which I believe is the only word in English with a silent Q. Proper nouns don’t count.)

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        Do you mean stuff like acquire? There are a good bunch of ‘cq’ words.

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          No, the C is silent in “acquire.” Otherwise, it’d be pronounced “akire.”