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Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list

This word list is statutory: children in Years 5 and 6 in England are taught to spell these 100 words, a mixture of words they often use in their writing and words they often misspell. Brackets show related forms or how a word is built: immediate(ly) covers immediate and immediately, criticise is critic + ise. The official list puts an asterisk after conscience and conscious, which the curriculum’s notes explain; we show them without it.

Years 5 and 6 · 100 words

The 100 words

  1. accommodate
  2. accompany
  3. according
  4. achieve
  5. aggressive
  6. amateur
  7. ancient
  8. apparent
  9. appreciate
  10. attached
  11. available
  12. average
  13. awkward
  14. bargain
  15. bruise
  16. category
  17. cemetery
  18. committee
  19. communicate
  20. community
  21. competition
  22. conscience
  23. conscious
  24. controversy
  25. convenience
  26. correspond
  27. criticise (critic + ise)
  28. curiosity
  29. definite
  30. desperate
  31. determined
  32. develop
  33. dictionary
  34. disastrous
  35. embarrass
  36. environment
  37. equip (–ped, –ment)
  38. especially
  39. exaggerate
  40. excellent
  41. existence
  42. explanation
  43. familiar
  44. foreign
  45. forty
  46. frequently
  47. government
  48. guarantee
  49. harass
  50. hindrance
  51. identity
  52. immediate(ly)
  53. individual
  54. interfere
  55. interrupt
  56. language
  57. leisure
  58. lightning
  59. marvellous
  60. mischievous
  61. muscle
  62. necessary
  63. neighbour
  64. nuisance
  65. occupy
  66. occur
  67. opportunity
  68. parliament
  69. persuade
  70. physical
  71. prejudice
  72. privilege
  73. profession
  74. programme
  75. pronunciation
  76. queue
  77. recognise
  78. recommend
  79. relevant
  80. restaurant
  81. rhyme
  82. rhythm
  83. sacrifice
  84. secretary
  85. shoulder
  86. signature
  87. sincere(ly)
  88. soldier
  89. stomach
  90. sufficient
  91. suggest
  92. symbol
  93. system
  94. temperature
  95. thorough
  96. twelfth
  97. variety
  98. vegetable
  99. vehicle
  100. yacht

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education, National Curriculum in England: English programmes of study, Appendix 1: Spelling (2013). National Curriculum in England: English programmes of study, Appendix 1: Spelling · Open Government Licence v3.0

Practising these words at home

  • Count the double letters

    Accommodate, committee, embarrass, necessary: many of these words go wrong on a doubled letter. Ask your child how many of each letter there are before they write.

  • Use the word’s family

    Familiar is related to family, which explains its first ‘a’; the curriculum’s own notes suggest this kind of link. Looking for a related word often shows the tricky letter.

  • Say it as it’s spelt

    Desp-er-ate, Par-lia-ment, gov-ern-ment: saying the hidden letters aloud helps your child keep them when writing.

  • Write it from memory

    Look at the word, say it, cover it, write it, then check it letter by letter. Our look, say, cover, write, check guide shows how.

Questions parents ask

Is the Year 5 and 6 spelling list statutory?
Yes. English Appendix 1 of the national curriculum says the word lists for Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6 are statutory. Teachers choose how to spread the 100 words over the two years, often alongside other words that suit their class, so your child’s weekly spellings may mix list words with words following a spelling rule.
Why are conscience and conscious marked on the official list?
The asterisks draw attention to two words the curriculum’s notes explain: both are related to science. Conscience is science with the prefix con- added, and both come from the Latin scio, meaning ‘I know’. Seeing science inside them helps with the ‘sc’ spelling. We show them without the asterisk; spelling and order are unchanged.
What do the brackets mean?
Brackets add a related form, like immediate(ly) or sincere(ly), or show how a word is built: criticise is critic + ise, and equip becomes equipped and equipment. They are part of the official list, so we keep them exactly as published.
Can I print this list?
Yes. The list is Crown copyright, published under the Open Government Licence, which allows copying and printing as long as the source is credited. The source is English Appendix 1: Spelling, from the Department for Education, credited at the bottom of this page, so you can print the page as it is.

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