Year 5 & 6 Spelling Words
The Year 5 and 6 statutory word list is used in KS2 SATs and 11+ tests. Children are expected to spell all 100 words correctly by the end of primary school - words like accommodate, conscience, mischievous, pronunciation, and rhythm.
Many of these words come from Latin and French roots. Understanding their origins helps children remember tricky patterns - for example, words ending in -ious, -ation, or -ible.
The full Year 5 & 6 word list
Statutory word list · National Curriculum (England)
- 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
- immediately
- 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
- sincerely
- soldier
- stomach
- sufficient
- suggest
- symbol
- system
- temperature
- thorough
- twelfth
- variety
- vegetable
- vehicle
- yacht
Source: National curriculum in England: English programmes of study, Department for Education.
📥 Free printable paper-practice sheet
Download a clean, ready-to-print Year 5 & 6 sheet - the full statutory list, 10 words a page, built for look, cover, write, check. Your child writes each word, then you snap a photo in the spelling.live app - Paper practice reads the sheet, marks it, and brings tricky words back automatically. Ideal for SATs and 11+ revision.
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Practise the whole list on the app
The statutory list is built into spelling.live as ready-made KS2 lists, so there's no typing. Your child hears each word, writes it, and gets instant feedback - and tricky words come back automatically until they're secure for SATs and 11+.
- Open your child's profile and tap Word Lists.
- Tap Browse Preset Lists and choose the KS2 tab.
- Add Year 5/6 - Everyday Words (or Challenge Words) and start practising.
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