Year 3 and 4 Statutory Spelling List 📝

Every word on the year 3 and 4 statutory spelling list, sorted by length — 108 in all. Use it to check which words a pupil knows, to set homework, or just to see what the game can pick. To play, go back to Year 3 & 4 Spellings.

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Easy — Year 3 & 4 spellings

The shortest words on the list (5–7 letters).

Actual Address Answer Appear Arrive Breath Build Caught Centre Circle Decide Early Earth Eight Eighth Enough Famous Fruit Group Guard Guide Heard Heart Height Island Learn Length Minute Notice Often Recent Reign Though Weight Woman Women

Medium — Year 3 & 4 spellings

The middle of the list (7–8 letters).

Accident Actually Although Believe Bicycle Breathe Business Calendar Century Certain Complete Consider Continue Describe Extreme Forward Grammar History Imagine Library Mention Natural Naughty Perhaps Popular Possess Promise Purpose Quarter Regular Special Strange Suppose Thought Through Various

Hard — Year 3 & 4 spellings

The longest words on the list (8–12 letters).

Accidentally Different Difficult Disappear Exercise Experience Experiment Favourite February Forwards Important Increase Interest Knowledge Material Medicine Occasion Occasionally Opposite Ordinary Particular Peculiar Position Possession Possible Potatoes Pressure Probably Question Remember Sentence Separate Straight Strength Surprise Therefore

About this list

The Year 3 and 4 statutory spelling list is the set of 100 words pupils in England are expected to spell by the end of lower Key Stage 2, from the National Curriculum's English Appendix 1 — separate, February, library, believe and the rest. Where the list gives two forms — occasion(ally), eight/eighth, though/although, woman/women — both are included, so the category holds a few more than 100.

Tips for learning these spellings

Say it the way it's spelled. Saying "Feb-ru-ary" or "Wed-nes-day" out loud, letter by letter, fixes the silent parts in memory.

Look for the tricky bit. Most words on the list have one part that breaks the usual pattern — learn that part, not the whole word.

Little and often. Five words a day beats fifty on a Sunday. A spelling-list link makes a short daily round easy.

Questions

Is this the official list?
Yes — from English Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum in England (2014), under the Open Government Licence.

Can I use these words in my own lessons?
Absolutely — this list is here to use. To play it online now, start a game.

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