Printable Spelling Lists

We have oodles of printable spelling lists here at Spelling Words Well. If you know what grade level you need, see the links below to find lists for grades 1 through 9.

However, if you're not sure what list is most appropriate for your child or students, read on below the list of links. 

We've selected just 30 sample words from grades 1-9 and compiled them here. You may use this list to get a rough idea of the proper level of words for your child to study.

How to Use These Printable Spelling Lists

1) Quiz your child, orally or written, over the 30 words at the grade level you think might be at his current skill level.

2) If he spells 26 words or more correctly, he probably has a good grasp of most of the words in our larger lists at that level. You could quickly review the hardest words from that grade before moving on to the next level.

3) If he spells 20-25 words correctly, you should stay at that grade level and give your child plenty of practice in mastering those words.

4) If he spells less than 20 words correctly, you should back up to the previous grade and be sure he can correctly spell at least 26 of those words before trying to do anything more difficult.

Printable spelling lists for grades 1-9 : Sample lists

30 sample 1st grade words

am	and	big	bit	but
cat	did	eat	frog	green
hand	hog	is	like	little
map	meet	nose	pet	ran
rip	see	six	some	stop
that	then	try	when	you

30 sample 2nd grade words

after	animal	away	because	buy
clock	drip	eight	family	first
goat	happy	home	kind	look
night	only	plus	rest	sea
shape	slid	soon	their	think
trick	went	winter	would	your

30 sample 3rd grade words

across	almost	breakfast	build	carries
circus	color	dinner	doesn't	driving
heart	it's	know	love	maybe
never	really	Saturday	sitting	someone
stretch	Sunday	today	together	tooth
true	until	voice	wrong	you're

30 sample 4th grade words

against	although	answer	believe	center
chicken	couple	didn't	double	electric
final	fourth	guard	hundred	interest
libraries	neighbor	no one	planet	question
remember	since	squirrel	studying	twenty
useless	weight	worried	written	yourself

30 sample 5th grade words

actually	business	carefully	consonant	different
eighth	fault	government	information	known
major	message	neither	opposite	problem
produce	quietly	remain	separate	sincerely
slippery	solution	statement	straight	surprise
thoughtful	usually	weird	whisper	yesterday

30 sample 6th grade words

accidentally	comfortable	creative	denominator	distance
encouragement	especially	example	excitement	familiar
fierce	happiness	importance	lawyer	marriage
medicine	muscle	occur	penalty	purchase
recycle	resident	session	spaghetti	strength
temperature	themselves	vacuum	vegetable	yield

30 sample 7th grade words

accurate	alternate	association	bizarre
campaign	chaperone	competition	consequently
description	elementary	environment	extraordinary
fundamental	havoc	idol	infamous
irresistible	language	mortgage	oasis
parallel	precipitation	psychology	recruit
significance	skeptical	souvenir	supposedly
tournament	unfortunately

30 sample 8th grade words

accommodate	acquittal	annoyance	apology
asthma	biannual	caricature	collaborate
considerable	criticize	diagnosis	endeavor
extremity	forgery	hazardous	inept
interrogate	luncheon	mesmerize	negligence
obstinate	paralysis	persuade	predecessor
questionnaire	roommate	scholar	sophomore
technically	unique

30 sample 9th grade words

accomplice	ambiguous	authenticate	camouflage
chaotic	conscientious	defamation	distinction
elimination	exaggeration	fallacy	grammatically
hypocrisy	inconsolable	irreconcilable	liaison
martyr	notoriety	olfactory	partiality
philanthropist	potpourri	quixotic	remembrance
retaliate	spasmodic	surveillance	technique
uncouth	vengeance

Remember, these printable spelling lists are a guideline to help you find the right place to get started.

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