Year 5 and 6 Statutory Spelling Words – the Full List of 100 Words

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The full Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling words list (100 words)

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
curiosity
definite
desperate
determined
develop
dictionary
disastrous
embarrass
environment
equip (equipped/equipment)
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

Source: National Curriculum in England, English Appendix 1: Spelling (DfE)

Schools often call these the Year 5 and 6 common exception words. The National Curriculum calls them the statutory word list for Years 5 and 6, and children are expected to learn to spell all 100 by the end of Year 6.

What it covers

All 100 words from the Years 5–6 statutory word list
A printable word list
A printable look–say–cover–write–check sheet

Who it's for

Children in Years 5 and 6 (ages 9–11).

How to use it

Learn 10 words a week rather than all of them at once.
Use look–say–cover–write–check: look at the word, say it, cover it, write it from memory, then check.
Use each word in a sentence of your own, spoken first and then written.