How to pronounce swallow

1 : to take through the mouth and esophagus into the stomach. 2 : to envelop or take in as if by swallowing : absorb swallow the financial loss watch night swallow the valley. 3 : to accept without question, protest, or resentment swallow an insult a hard story to swallow.

So, the “g” is not actually pronounced as a “g,” but it is not a “silent” letter either. It is actually pronounced in words such as “anger” and “linger”—but the same sort of thing does not happen in “strength” and “length” because of the “th” sound that follows immediately after.