Year 6 Spelling, Bradshaw Hall Primary School
Below is an overview of the spelling rules/sounds taught for each wordlist in year 6.
Wordlists 25 - 30
List 25
Sounds/Spelling Rules
Words containing the letter-string ough
Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious
or -tious
Common exception words
List 26
Endings which sound like /ʃəl/
Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception words
List 27
Words ending in –ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, ence and –ency
Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception words
List 28
Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters
to words ending in –fer
Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception words
List 29
Words ending in –ible and -able
Words ending in –ably and –ibly
Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception words
List 30
Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters
to words ending in –fer
Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c
Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception words
List 31
Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose
presence cannot be predicted from the
pronunciation of the word)
Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception words
List 32
Homophones and near-homophones
Common exception words
Below are the wordlists that relate to the spelling objectives in year 6. These words
are used to teach the spelling pattern; it is not intended to be a list of words for
children to memorise.
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 25
Regular Spellings
ought, bought, thought,
vicious, precious,
advice, advise
nought, brought, fought
device, devise
conscious, delicious,
rough, tough, enough,
cough,
licence, license
malicious, suspicious
practice, practise
ambitious, cautious,
prophecy, prophesy
fictitious, infectious,
though, although, dough
through
nutritious
thorough, borough
plough
Common Exception Words
accommodate, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, amateur, ancient
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 26
Regular Spellings
ought, bought, thought,
advice, advise
vicious, precious,
nought, brought, fought
device, devise
conscious, delicious,
rough, tough, enough, cough,
licence, license
malicious, suspicious
though, although, dough
practice, practise
ambitious, cautious,
through
prophecy, prophesy
fictitious, infectious,
thorough, borough
farther, further, father
nutritious
plough
guessed, guest
led, lead
official, special, artificial,
heard, herd
morning, mourning
partial, confidential,
past, passed
essential
Common Exception 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,
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 27
Regular Spellings
ought, bought, thought,
advice, advise
vicious, precious,
nought, brought, fought
device, devise
conscious, delicious,
rough, tough, enough, cough,
licence, license
malicious, suspicious
though, although, dough
practice, practise
ambitious, cautious,
through
prophecy, prophesy
fictitious, infectious,
thorough, borough
vicious, precious,
nutritious
plough
conscious, delicious,
farther, further, father
official, special, artificial,
malicious, suspicious
guessed, guest
partial, confidential,
ambitious, cautious,
heard, herd
essential
fictitious, infectious,
led, lead
observant, observance,
nutritious
morning, mourning
(observation), expectant
innocent, innocence,
past, passed
(expectation), hesitant,
decent, decency, frequent,
precede, proceed
hesitancy (hesitation),
frequency, confident,
principal, principle
tolerant, tolerance
confidence (confidential)
profit, prophet
(toleration), substance
stationary, stationery
(substantial)
Common Exception 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 (–ped, –ment), especially, exaggerate, excellent,
existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass,
hindrance, identity, immediate(ly)
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 28
Regular Spellings
ought, bought, thought,
advice, advise
vicious, precious,
nought, brought, fought
device, devise
conscious, delicious,
rough, tough, enough, cough,
licence, license
malicious, suspicious
though, although, dough
practice, practise
ambitious, cautious,
through
prophecy, prophesy
fictitious, infectious,
thorough, borough
vicious, precious,
nutritious
plough
conscious, delicious,
farther, further, father
official, special, artificial,
malicious, suspicious
guessed, guest
partial, confidential,
ambitious, cautious,
heard, herd
essential
fictitious, infectious,
led, lead
observant, observance,
nutritious
morning, mourning
(observation), expectant
innocent, innocence,
past, passed
(expectation), hesitant,
decent, decency, frequent,
precede, proceed
hesitancy (hesitation),
frequency, confident,
principal, principle
tolerant, tolerance
confidence (confidential)
profit, prophet
(toleration), substance
assistant, assistance,
stationary, stationery
(substantial)
obedient, obedience,
steal, steel
referring, referred, referral,
independent, independence
wary, weary
preferring, preferred,
adorable/adorably
who’s, whose
transferring, transferred
(adoration),
applicable/applicably
aisle, isle
(application),
affect, effect
aloud, allowed
Common Exception 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 (–ped, –ment), especially, exaggerate, excellent,
existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass,
hindrance, identity, immediate(ly)
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 29
Regular Spellings
ought, bought, thought,
advice, advise, device, devise
vicious, precious, conscious,
nought, brought, fought
licence, license, practice,
delicious, malicious,
rough, tough, enough, cough,
practice, prophecy, prophesy
suspicious, ambitious,
though, although, dough
vicious, precious, conscious,
cautious, fictitious, infectious,
through, thorough, borough
delicious, malicious,
nutritious, farther, further,
plough, official, special,
artificial,
suspicious, ambitious,
father, guessed, guest, heard,
cautious, fictitious, infectious,
herd, led, lead, morning,
partial, confidential,
nutritious, innocent,
innocence,
mourning, past, passed,
decent, decency, frequent,
principle, profit, prophet
essential, observant,
observance,
(observation), expectant
frequency, confident,
precede, proceed, principal,
stationary, stationery, steal,
(expectation), hesitant,
confidence (confidential)
hesitancy (hesitation),
steel, wary, weary, who’s,
assistant, assistance,
whose, aisle, isle, aloud,
obedient, obedience,
allowed, affect, effect
independent, independence
possible, possibly,
adorable/adorably (adoration),
horrible, horribly,
applicable/applicably
terrible, terribly,
(application),
visible, visibly,
tolerant, tolerance
(toleration), substance
(substantial)
referring, referred, referral,
preferring, preferred,
transferring, transferred
considerable/considerably
changeable, noticeable,
incredible, incredibly,
(consideration),
forcible, legible
sensible/sensibly
tolerable/tolerably
(toleration)
dependable, comfortable,
understandable, reasonable,
enjoyable, reliable
Common Exception 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 (–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
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 30
Regular Spellings
ought, bought, thought,
advice, advise, device, devise
vicious, precious, conscious,
nought, brought, fought
licence, license, practice,
delicious, malicious,
rough, tough, enough, cough,
practice, prophecy, prophesy
suspicious, ambitious,
though, although, dough
vicious, precious, conscious,
cautious, fictitious, infectious,
through, thorough, borough
delicious, malicious,
nutritious, farther, further,
plough, official, special,
artificial,
suspicious, ambitious,
father, guessed, guest, heard,
cautious, fictitious, infectious,
herd, led, lead, morning,
partial, confidential,
nutritious, innocent,
innocence,
mourning, past, passed,
essential, observant,
observance,
decent, decency, frequent,
precede, proceed, principal,
principle, profit, prophet
(observation), expectant
frequency, confident,
(expectation), hesitant,
stationary, stationery, steal,
confidence (confidential)
hesitancy (hesitation),
steel, wary, weary, who’s,
assistant, assistance,
tolerant, tolerance
whose, aisle, isle, aloud,
obedient, obedience,
(toleration), substance
allowed, affect, effect
independent, independence
(substantial)
possible, possibly,
adorable/adorably (adoration),
referring, referred, referral,
horrible, horribly,
applicable/applicably
preferring, preferred,
terrible, terribly,
(application),
transferring, transferred
visible, visibly,
considerable/considerably
changeable, noticeable,
incredible, incredibly,
(consideration),
forcible, legible
sensible/sensibly
tolerable/tolerably (toleration)
dependable, comfortable,
deceive, conceive, receive,
reference, referee,
perceive, ceiling
preference, transference
altar, alter, ascent, assent,
co-ordinate, re-enter,
bridal, bridle, cereal, serial
understandable, reasonable,
enjoyable, reliable
co-operate, co-own
Common Exception 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 (–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),
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 31
Regular Spellings
ought, bought, thought,
advice, advise, device, devise
vicious, precious, conscious,
nought, brought, fought,
licence, license, practice,
delicious, malicious,
rough, tough, enough, cough,
practice, prophecy, prophesy
suspicious, ambitious,
though, although, dough
vicious, precious, conscious,
cautious, fictitious, infectious,
through, thorough, borough
delicious, malicious,
nutritious, farther, further,
plough, official, special,
suspicious, ambitious,
father, guessed, guest, heard,
artificial, partial, confidential,
cautious, fictitious, infectious,
herd, led, lead, morning,
essential, observant,
observance,
nutritious, innocent,
mourning, past, passed,
innocence, decent, decency,
precede, proceed, principal,
(observation), expectant
frequent, frequency, confident,
principle, profit, prophet
(expectation), hesitant,
confidence (confidential)
stationary, stationery, steal,
hesitancy (hesitation),
assistant, assistance,
steel, wary, weary, who’s,
tolerant, tolerance
obedient, obedience,
whose, aisle, isle, aloud,
(toleration), substance
independent, independence
allowed, affect, effect
(substantial), referring,
adorable/adorably (adoration),
referred, referral, preferring,
applicable/applicably
possible, possibly, horrible,
horribly, terrible, terribly,
preferred, transferring,
(application),
transferred, changeable,
considerable/considerably
noticeable, forcible, legible
(consideration),
dependable, comfortable,
tolerable/tolerably (toleration)
understandable, reasonable,
reference, referee,
perceive, ceiling, altar, alter,
ascent, assent, bridal, bridle,
cereal, serial
enjoyable, reliable
preference, transference
compliment, complement,
doubt, island, lamb, solemn,
co-ordinate, re-enter,
descent, dissent
thistle, knight
co-operate, co-own
visible, visibly, incredible,
incredibly, sensible, sensibly
deceive, conceive, receive,
Common Exception 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
(–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
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 32
Regular Spellings
ought, bought, thought,
advice, advise, device, devise
vicious, precious, conscious,
nought, brought, fought,
licence, license, practice,
delicious, malicious,
rough, tough, enough, cough,
practice, prophecy, prophesy
suspicious, ambitious,
though, although, dough
vicious, precious, conscious,
cautious, fictitious, infectious,
through, thorough, borough
delicious, malicious,
nutritious, farther, further,
plough, official, special,
suspicious, ambitious,
father, guessed, guest, heard,
artificial, partial, confidential,
cautious, fictitious, infectious,
herd, led, lead, morning,
essential, observant,
observance,
nutritious, innocent,
mourning, past, passed,
innocence, decent, decency,
precede, proceed, principal,
frequent, frequency, confident,
principle, profit, prophet
(expectation), hesitant,
confidence (confidential)
stationary, stationery, steal,
hesitancy (hesitation),
assistant, assistance,
steel, wary, weary, who’s,
tolerant, tolerance
obedient, obedience,
whose, aisle, isle, aloud,
(toleration), substance
independent, independence
allowed, affect, effect
(substantial), referring,
adorable/adorably (adoration),
referred, referral, preferring,
applicable/applicably
possible, possibly, horrible,
horribly, terrible, terribly,
preferred, transferring,
(application),
transferred, changeable,
considerable/considerably
noticeable, forcible, legible
(consideration),
dependable, comfortable,
tolerable/tolerably (toleration)
understandable, reasonable,
reference, referee,
perceive, ceiling, altar, alter,
ascent, assent, bridal, bridle,
cereal, serial
enjoyable, reliable
preference, transference
compliment, complement,
doubt, island, lamb, solemn,
co-ordinate, re-enter,
descent, dissent, desert,
thistle, knight
co-operate, co-own
dessert, draft, draught
(observation), expectant
visible, visibly, incredible,
incredibly, sensible, sensibly
deceive, conceive, receive,
Common Exception 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 (–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