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English · Spelling
Year 5 and 6 spelling list: all 100 statutory words
Children in Years 5 and 6 learn to spell another 100 set words, from ‘accommodate’ to ‘yacht’. This list is statutory too, and it includes some of the most commonly misspelt words in English, such as ‘necessary’, ‘separate’ and ‘rhythm’.
The spelling paper in the Year 6 tests checks spelling from across Key Stage 2, so these words are worth knowing well. Print the list, tick the words your child can spell, and practise the rest a few at a time.
Prints on two A4 pages: the full list, then a practice page.
Year 5 and 6 spelling list
100 words · tick each one you can spell
- accommodate
- accompany
- according
- achieve
- aggressive
- amateur
- ancient
- apparent
- appreciate
- attached
- available
- average
- awkward
- bargain
- bruise
- category
- cemetery
- committee
- communicate
- community
- competition
- conscience*
- conscious*
- controversy
- convenience
- correspond
- criticise (critic + ise)
- curiosity
- definite
- desperate
- determined
- develop
- dictionary
- disastrous
- embarrass
- environment
- equip (–ped, –ment)
- especially
- exaggerate
- excellent
- existence
- explanation
- familiar
- foreign
- forty
- frequently
- government
- guarantee
- harass
- hindrance
- identity
- immediate(ly)
- individual
- interfere
- interrupt
- language
- leisure
- lightning
- marvellous
- mischievous
- muscle
- necessary
- neighbour
- nuisance
- occupy
- occur
- opportunity
- parliament
- persuade
- physical
- prejudice
- privilege
- profession
- programme
- pronunciation
- queue
- recognise
- recommend
- relevant
- restaurant
- rhyme
- rhythm
- sacrifice
- secretary
- shoulder
- signature
- sincere(ly)
- soldier
- stomach
- sufficient
- suggest
- symbol
- system
- temperature
- thorough
- twelfth
- variety
- vegetable
- vehicle
- yacht
* ‘Conscience’ and ‘conscious’ are related to ‘science’ (from the Latin scio, ‘I know’).
National Curriculum in England, English Appendix 1. Open Government Licence v3.0.Look, say, cover, write, check
Write a word from the list in the first column. Look at it and say it. Cover it, write it, then check. Tick it when you get it right.
| Word | Try 1 | Try 2 | Try 3 | ✓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Is this list statutory?
‘The word-lists for years 3 and 4 and years 5 and 6 are statutory.’ English Appendix 1, National Curriculum in England.
How to practise at home
Spot the tricky part of each word: the double c and double m in ‘accommodate’, the silent letters in ‘rhyme’ and ‘rhythm’. Word families help too: the spelling appendix points out that ‘conscience’ is simply ‘science’ with ‘con-’ added. Use the practice page for look, say, cover, write and check.
Words in brackets
Some entries show related forms, such as ‘immediate(ly)’ or ‘equip (–ped, –ment)’. Children learn the root word and the longer forms. Many words on the list are also useful practice for adding suffixes.
Questions parents ask
Is the Year 5 and 6 spelling list statutory?
Yes. The National Curriculum in England says the word lists for Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6 are statutory. Schools spread the 100 words across the two years.
Will these words come up in the Year 6 SATs?
The Year 6 spelling paper tests spelling from across Key Stage 2. Words from the statutory lists can appear, so knowing them well is good preparation.
Is this printable really free?
Yes. Print it, save it as a PDF or share it with other parents. There is no sign-up and no email needed.
Word list from English Appendix 1: Spelling, National Curriculum in England (Department for Education). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licence.
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