7th Grade Spelling Words
Our 7th grade spelling words will help you target your spelling instruction and practice. By seventh grade, students should have a strong foundation in the basics.
But many students may still need to review and strengthen their skills in some areas, including adding suffixes such as -able, -ible, commonly confused words, frequently misspelled words, and new vocabulary words.
Here's our printable list of 300 7th grade spelling words, selected from several popular resources. Please note that this 7th grade word list offers a general guideline. Your curriculum and the needs of your students may vary.
7th Grade Spelling Words:
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1. abandon
2. abbreviation
3. absence
4. absolutely
5. absorb
6. abundant
7. accessible
8. accompanied
9. accomplishment
10. accurate
11. achievement
12. acres
13. adequate
14. adjustable
15. admit
16. admittance
17. advice
18 advise
19. affiliate
20. alternate
21. alternative
22. amusement
23. analysis
24. analyze
25. ancestor
26. anniversary
27. appreciate
28. artificial
29. assistance
30. association
31. athlete
32. atmosphere
33. attendance
34. authority
35. bacteria
36. bagel
37. baggage
38. benefited
39. benefiting
40. bicycle
41. biscuit
42. bizarre
43. boulevard
44. boundary
45. bouquet
46. brilliant
47. brochure
48. bulletin
49. bureau
50. campaign
51. cancellation
52. candidate
53. capable
54. capital
55. capitol
56. category
57. celery
58. cemetery
59. changeable
60. chaperone
61. character
62. cinnamon
63.civilize
64. commercial
65. committed
66. committee
67. commotion
68. companion
69. competent
70. competition
71. complement
72. complex
73. compliment
74. compressor
75. concentrate
76. concentration
77. conductor
78. confetti
79. congratulations
80. consequently
81. controlling
82. cringe
83. culminate
84. culprit
85. deceive
86. delayed
87. democracy
88. deodorant
89. descendent
90. description
91. diameter
92. diamond
93. discourage
94. disgraceful
95. dismissal
96. distinguished
97. dreadful
98. economics
99. economy
100. elementary
101. embarrass
102. emotion
103. emphasize
104. encircle
105. enclosing
106. encounter
107. endurance
108. engineer
109. environment
110. episode
111. erosion
112. eruption
113. evident
114. exchange
115. executive
116. exhibit
117. expensive
118. extinct
119. extinguish
120. extraordinary
121. extremely
122. fabricate
123. failure
124. fascinating
125. fatigue
126. flagrant
127. foreign
128. forfeit
129. frequently
130. fundamental
131. genuine
132. ghetto
133. gossiping
134. gradual
135. graffiti
136. grammar
137. grievance
138. guarantee
139. harass
140. havoc
141. heroic
142. hesitate
143. horrify
144. hospital
145. humid
146. humility
147. hygiene
148. identical
149. idle
150. idol
151. illegal
152. illustration
153. imaginary
154. immediately
155. immobilize
156. impossibility
157. inconvenient
158. incredible
159. individual
160. infamous
161. influence
162. informant
163. inhabit
164. inherit
165. innocence
166. innocent
167. instructor
168. intelligent
169. interruption
170. introduction
171. involvement
172. irate
173. irresistible
174. jealousy
175. judgment
176. juvenile
177. kettle
178. knitting
179. laboratory
180. language
181. legibly
182. liquidation
183. management
184. maneuver
185. media
186. mileage
187. miniature
188. misbehaved
189. morale
190. mortgage
191. movement
192. murmur
193. musician
194. mysterious
195. negotiate
196. nervous
197. nuisance
198. nurture
199. oases
200. oasis
201. obedient
202. obstacle
203. obviously
204. occasion
205. ordinarily
206. ordinary
207. organization
208. pamphlet
209. panic
210. panicked
211. panicky
212. parallel
213. paralysis
214. paralyze
215. penicillin
216. pedestrian
217. phantom
218. pheasant
219. phrase
220. politely
221. popular
222. precipitation
223. principal
224. principle
225. privilege
226. procedure
227. pronunciation
228. psychology
229. puny
230. qualified
231. qualifying
232. quotation
233. raspberry
234. reasonable
235. receipt
236. receiving
237. recipe
238. recognition
239. recommend
240. recruit
241. reddest
242. reprimand
243. resigned
244. restaurant
245. rotten
246. sandwich
247. scarcity
248. scenery
249. secretary
250. securing
251. significance
252. simile
253. sincerely
254. sincerity
255. situation
256. skeptical
257. sleuth
258. smudge
259. solemn
260. souvenir
261. spacious
262. specific
263. stationary
264. stationery
265. statistics
266. subscription
267. substitute
268. superintendent
269. supervisor
270. supposedly
271. threatening
272. tolerate
273. tongue
274. tournament
275. tragedy
276. traitor
277. transferred
278. transferring
279. transmitted
280. traveled
281. traveling
282. unfortunately
283. uniform
284. university
285. unnecessary
286. valuable
287. various
288. vehicle
289. version
290. vertical
291. victim
292. vigorously
293. violation
294. visualize
295. volcano
296. voyage
297. wealthy
298. weapon
299. wheeze
300. wilderness
A Note about 7th Grade Sight Words
By seventh grade, most students should already know all of the 1000 Fry Sight Words. However, some students may still need practice on some of those words.
Internet sources vary widely as to what words should be considered "sight" words for seventh grade. In a single list, I found these all of these words: sell, bag, bus, oxygen, and electricity. Most kids can easily read sell, bag and bus in first or second grade!
So, rather than searching for the perfect list of 7th grade sight words, focus on specific words that your students need to learn. Better yet, ask each person to start his/her own spelling journal of words that need to be mastered!
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FAQs
Q: What are some good 7th grade spelling words?
Q: What are some good 7th grade spelling words?
A: Here are a few of the words from our big list of 7th grade spelling words: abandon, achievement, biscuit, bizarre, bureau, campaign, capable, competent, descendant, fatigue, graffiti, grievance, heroic, inconvenient, irresistible, juvenile, mileage, miniature, nuisance, oases, oasis, panicked, paralysis, privilege, receipt, scarcity, solemn, souvenir, tournament, traitor, vigorously, wheeze.
Q: Of all these 7th grade spelling words, which are the most important for my students to master?
Q: Of all these 7th grade spelling words, which are the most important for my students to master?
A: Students should first learn to spell the words they use the most. So for any group of students, those words will differ from person to person. It's challenging to customize a weekly spelling program for 25 students, for example. When selecting words, then, try to choose those that are most commonly used by the most students. Try to accommodate individual needs through "bonus" words in which extra credit is given for the correct spelling of extra-difficult words that are different for various students, according to their needs and vocabularies.
Q: Where can I find lists of difficult words, or additional vocabulary words, for this purpose?
Q: Where can I find lists of difficult words, or additional vocabulary words, for this purpose?
A: You can be on the lookout for challenging words in students' literature, and subject area texts, such as their science, social studies and math textbooks. Also, list to words that students already use in their conversations. Do they use words that they may not know how to spell?
Additionally, on this website, I have a compilation of several lists of Difficult English Words, and Commonly Misspelled Words. You may also be interested in my list of 240 7th grade vocabulary words.
Many of the words on this list of seventh grade spelling words will enable students to meet these ELA Writing standards :
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3.C
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
Please check out our 6th grade spelling resources, too!
Ann Richmond Fisher is a longtime published educational writer, a former classroom teacher and a former homeschool teacher. Ann's spelling bee resources, graded spelling word lists, spelling games, worksheets, and other language arts resources have become respected around the globe since she launched Spelling-Words-Well in 2010.
Ann is also the creator of www.word-game-world.com.
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