Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 Word Lists
The majority of the words for Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 are taken from some of the most frequently occurring words in the English language, but excludes words which are covered in our other spelling apps Simplex Spelling HD and Simplex Spelling Phonics 1. These high frequency words were then supplemented, where required, with additional other common English words based on word/spelling patterns to help enforce the concepts within each lesson.
Introduction
spelling, backspace, press, letter, correct, success, teacher, simply, divide, corner, clever
1] 3 letter minimum rule
inn, see, sea, add, egg, odd, sow, sew, low, guy, buy, bye, toe, owe, bee
2] Compound words
sunset, zigzag, pigpen, cobweb, cannot, armpit, popcorn, desktop, raindrop, rainbow, snowball, football, footstep, bookcase, pancake, handmade, homemade
3] Compound words
starfish, barnyard, backyard, birthday, maybe, grownup, uphill, windmill, password, crossword, crosswalk, itself, himself, herself, nobody, somebody, someone, something
4] Schwa ə
ago, alone, along, melon, dozen, cotton, control, contain, confront, color, compass
5] Schwa ə
today, together, pivot, pencil, polite, political, animal, capital, hospital
6] Long A open syllable
lazy, laser, baker, wafer, paper, taper, vapo (vapour*)(vapour**), favor (favour*)(favour**), major
7] Long A open syllable
navel, naval, nasal, basic, basin, bacon, bagel, label, labor (labour*) (labour**)
8] Long E open syllable
begin, beyond, below, beside, become, between, secret, create, even, fever, femur, female, feline, fealty, cedar
9] Long E open syllable
real, really, react, recent, regal, retail, repay, rebuild, remix, area
10] Long O open syllable
bony, pony, poem, ego, veto, halo, solo, solar, polar, local, focal, vocal
11] Long O open syllable
total, oval, over, oasis, robot, notice, program, reopen, also, potato, volcano
12] Long I open syllable
lion, tidy, slimy, idea, diet, diary, dial, trial, vial, vital, viral, virus, violin, viola, viper
13] Long I open syllable
spider, spiral, spinal, final, finest, finite, finance, sinus, silo, silent, liar, liner, lilac, tidal, titan, titanic
14] Long U open syllable
fuel, pupil, music, unit, unite, user, humid, human, humor (humour*) (humour**), formula, uniform, unicorn, universe, tribunal
15] U (oo) open syllable
ruin, ruby, tuna, lunar, ruler, judo, hula, tutu, lucid
16] u_e (oo)
tube, tune, prune, rule, assume, consume, conclude, solitude, deduce, produce, introduce, lute, flute, salute, resolute, absolute
17] Doubling consonants
diner, dinner, super, supper, later, latter, ruder, rudder, filer, filler, tiler, tiller, cuter, cutter, riper, ripper
18] Short I (y)
cyst, myth, mystery, crypt, cryptic, crystal, typical, symbol, system, acronym
19] Long I (y)
by, cry, shy, sky, style, type, try, retry, rely, deny
20] Long I (y)
reply, imply, apply, supply, nearby, lullaby, typify, simplify, notify, unify, qualify, justify, magnify, mystify
21] Silent e syllable
apple, title, little, bottle, candle, handle, needle, giggle, able, cable, table, possible
22] Silent e syllable
simple, middle, startle, buckle, tickle, purple, castle, puzzle, article, bicycle, syllable
23] No U endings
cue, due, sue, rue, hue, true, glue, clue, pursue, argue, value, venue, avenue, revenue
24] No U endings
fondue, virtue, accrue, subdue, statue, rescue, continue, barbecue
25] No V endings
save, wave, brave, live, live, arrive, survive, creative, dove, love, shove, above
26] No V endings
serve, nerve, curve, carve, starve, move, remove, prove, improve
27] No V endings
leave, heave, weave, sleeve, olive, active, motive, native, cursive, twelve, solve, resolve, involve, forgive, forgave
28] No I endings
lie, tie, pie, magpie, dry, glorify, modify, multiply, satisfy, occupy
29] Short E (ea)
head, ahead, bread, spread, sweat, sweater, thread, breath, breadth, health, heavy, ready, steady, instead, leather, weather
30] Long E (ie)
field, yield, shield, piece, priest, chief, brief, belief, relief, believe, achieve
31] Long E (ie)
diesel, brie, movie, collie, calorie, goalie, prairie, eerie, cashier
32] ou
our, hour, about, loud, cloud, found, sound, pound, compound, round, ground, surround
33] ou
noun, pronoun, pronounce, lounge, crouch, vouch, voucher, south, thousand, without, outside, outline, outcome
34] Silent E singular
house, mouse, horse, cheese, tease, lapse, dense, false, loose, nurse, purse, verse, louse, rinse, raise, choose
35] ow
owl, now, vow, how, bow, cow, cower, gown, town, clown, crown, brown, brow, browse, drowse, drown, down, downfall, downhill
36] ow
crowd, flower, power, powder, tower, towel, vowel, allow, endow, somehow, however
37] oi
oil, foil, boil, coil, soil, spoil, toil, toilet, turmoil, coin, join, joint, point, appoint, ointment
38] oi
poise, poison, noise, moist, moisture, moisturize (moisturise*) (moisturise**), choice, voice, invoice, loiter, exploit, void, avoid, devoid, avoidable, asteroid
39] oy
toy, soy, joy, enjoy, envoy, convoy, boy, boycott, coy, decoy, destroy, alloy, annoy
40] oy
ploy, deploy, employ, employee, employer, loyal, loyalty, royal, royalty, oyster, voyage, voyager
41] Long I (igh)
might, tight, airtight, thigh, high, height, right, upright, copyright, bright, brighten
42] Long I (igh)
fight, fright, frighten, sigh, sight, insight, eyesight, nigh, night, tonight, midnight, fortnight, overnight
43] Long I (igh)
blight, plight, slight, flight, light, sunlight, delight, daylight, twilight, enlighten, highlight
44] dge (j)
edge, wedge, ledge, dredge, dodge, lodge, dislodge, badge, budge, judge, judgement
45] No J endings
wage, range, strange, change, exchange, image, damage, manage, village, college, challenge, message, average, advantage
46] No J endings
nudge, fudge, grudge, trudge, smudge, sludge, ridge, bridge, fridge, porridge, cartridge
47] kn (n)
knew, know, known, knot, knob, knoll, knock, knee, kneel, knelt, knead
48] kn (n)
knit, knitting, knife, knight, knave, knuckle, knap, knapsack, knack, knickknack
49] n (ng)
bank, blank, rank, drank, sank, tank, thank, ankle, ink, pink, rink, drink, sink, shrink, blink, think, rethink
50] n (ng)
zinc, sync, distinct, trunk, junk, uncle, jungle, hunger, finger, single, mingle, angle, bangle, mangle, tangle, anger, anguish
51] wh
why, wheat, wheel, whale, while, whether, white, whither, whisper, whisk, whisker, whimper, whistle
52] wh
when, whenever, where, anywhere, whereby, nowhere, somewhere, what, whatever, whatsoever, which, whichever
53] wr (r)
wry, awry, wrote, write, writhe, writer, songwriter, written, wring, wrung, wrong, wrist, wrap, wrath
54] wr (r)
wreath, wreathe, wreak, wreck, wreckage, shipwreck, wren, wrench, wretch, wrinkle, wrangle, wriggle, wrest, wrestle
* UK spelling.
** Canadian spelling.