As part of the national curriculum, when children are in Year 6 they face their KS2 SATs tests.
One of the papers that they face is a challenging spelling test. With 20 tricky words read aloud by their teacher, children need to prepare thoroughly to score well.
Below is our free Year 6 Spelling List, a list of over 1000 high frequency spellings to help your child prepare. This list includes the words specified in the national curriculum, words that have been used in past KS2 SATs Spelling Tests as well as over 200 words selected by Exam Ninja.
This is easily the most comprehensive Year 6 Spelling List available. Within it are an enormous variety of words including nouns, adjectives, adverbs, homophones, homographs and more.
Our advice is to carefully work through this list throughout Year 6. Try to understand how the words are spelt and try the “look, cover, write and check” strategy to master them.
stopped | noticeable | despise |
cruiser | revive | assembly |
appearance | controversy | newspaper |
honour | aerobatics | conversation |
naturally | breakable | illegible |
lengthened | largest | receive |
licence | consonant | graph |
pyjamas | emergency | whistle |
contest | unbelievable | adjust |
pneumatic | customer | building |
surgeon | entirely | regardless |
funny | worthwhile | describe |
radiator | hopeful | replaced |
restaurant | participation | enviably |
occurred | prevent | gallery |
painful | trapped | microcosm |
qualified | designed | marriage |
introduce | medicinal | assistant |
curiosity | nevertheless | gradually |
popular | dilemma | harass |
rehearsed | fortunately | invention |
complement | stars | secretary |
vertical | collapsed | immediate |
hippos | microscope | judgement |
reliable | disappointed | binary |
conscience | transformed | cellos |
publicly | slipped | feeble |
conductor | deceitful | married |
still | receipt | prejudice |
assistance | environment | privileged |
signature | illogical | wonderful |
aeroplane | reasonable | festival |
foulest | particularly | miniature |
communicate | ocean | irrational |
cough | opposition | criticise |
bruise | biology | where |
listen | direction | although |
poisonous | brought | penalised |
wait | dissatisfied | mysterious |
interior | remarkable | knight |
inverted | schedule | incapable |
sensible | immature | centigrade |
heir | legible | healthier |
privilege | should | most |
our | destructive | temperature |
prefixes | annual | debt |
interesting | necessary | vegetable |
boundary | peace | professional |
families | skill | perform |
distance | pollution | dimension |
during | considered | attentive |
headmaster | permanent | gigabytes |
variety | possession | hair |
wreckage | difference | retreat |
irresistible | surprising | programme |
vicious | doubting | sensibly |
functional | obstacle | occupation |
poverty | realistic | structures |
explanatory | enormous | country |
alone | graphically | horizontal |
download | process | agreeable |
stretched | amongst | beginning |
discovered | including | articles |
explanation | telegraph | island |
large | scissors | february |
unnecessary | therefore | significant |
herd | electronic | biggest |
availability | persuasion | jewellery |
comprehension | blizzard | straighten |
accurate | interfere | almost |
marvellous | inappropriate | mouse |
voluntary | readily | hinderance |
zoology | entrance | build |
varnishing | pierce | unique |
attacking | grabbed | biped |
excellent | double | exist |
tomatoes | location | friendly |
protected | circumference | spreading |
advantage | memory | definitely |
digital | between | hindrance |
invitation | division | moving |
afford | foul | condensation |
essential | medicine | throughout |
bungalow | disappeared | extinguishing |
considerably | seriously | supernatural |
embarrassed | persuade | farthest |
primrose | protection | tune |
magical | indecent | unusual |
information | primary | golf |
fouled | satisfaction | referral |
finally | incredibly | surprise |
skilful | possible | pheasant |
consequently | quietest | creative |
stunning | library | humour |
centre | surrounded | whipped |
belief | embarrassment | convenient |
compliment | alphabet | expensive |
extra | funnily | knowledge |
suggestion | carrying | meaning |
immediately | encouraged | ensure |
interval | subtle | serious |
influence | choice | decline |
melody | elephant | increase |
sphere | funnier | production |
refereed | edible | brake |
attempt | combination | burglary |
referred | pieces | however |
scent | answer | nephew |
league | sensation | released |
preview | medal | embarrass |
planning | correct | developed |
survey | neither | residence |
sufficient | escaping | development |
before | probably | approximately |
recognise | potatoes | permission |
delivered | survive | removal |
disease | noisy | forty |
easiest | revolution | longitude |
ventilation | nonetheless | psychology |
family | bought | dingo |
injured | cemetery | portable |
judge | drawer | satisfied |
pronounce | mischievous | certificate |
allowed | suspend | sneeze |
prominent | adjustment | greatest |
education | probable | circumstance |
rough | muscle | tangible |
musician | delicious | complete |
thumb | audience | cherries |
healthy | correspond | relieve |
raw | photograph | supreme |
plates | cease | wrinkle |
treatment | enemies | passenger |
hoarse | anchors | dictionary |
kneel | threw | graphic |
dishes | autobiography | illuminate |
apprehensive | ballet | geography |
neighbour | wrist | kangaroo |
marry | beautiful | funeral |
adorable | listener | babies |
letter | descent | autumn |
competition | knives | challenging |
words | smiling | skimmed |
stripes | dismayed | phone |
truly | familiar | envelope |
tumble | government | reverse |
bodies | neighbouring | worldwide |
press | required | impulsive |
transported | preferably | illuminated |
chimney | childish | incidentally |
reply | physical | puzzle |
generous | equipment | careless |
latitude | ancient | coarse |
prehistoric | caring | frequently |
adopt | suspect | historical |
inactive | soldier | referee |
hygiene | weight | project |
cuckoos | practise | waist |
interrupt | scorching | countries |
slaughter | microfilm | either |
calves | break | defending |
fulfil | measles | precious |
horse | disobey | scarves |
coloured | bushes | source |
planned | irregular | imitate |
discovery | embrace | shiny |
document | grateful | patient |
judged | originally | champagne |
uncoiled | weird | exciting |
exception | abandoned | carried |
technique | destination | preparation |
rein | finished | luxury |
across | rhyme | bountiful |
calendar | cathedral | highly |
disappear | especially | important |
processed | stomach | sacrifice |
castle | address | course |
perceive | fascinate | strength |
disinterested | infectious | license |
chiefs | unsure | materials |
majestic | relevant | resign |
faithfully | completion | importantly |
affect | exaggerate | importance |
scenery | aquarium | exaggeration |
attempts | extensive | experienced |
countryside | recommend | occasionally |
occupy | audition | aquatic |
possibly | whatever | comfortable |
bargain | original | accuracy |
future | correspondence | definition |
suspicion | happiness | impede |
hoist | geology | dismiss |
proactive | microphone | olive |
examination | sincere | department |
internal | chronic | horrified |
appreciate | impact | cultivating |
evident | remember | currency |
category | tribute | extremely |
origin | clouds | ready |
portion | effectively | binoculars |
slowest | easel | autograph |
destroyed | notwithstanding | surprised |
penalties | castles | community |
reconsider | position | kiwi |
trophies | complicated | story |
evidence | dissimilar | letters |
existed | archaeology | occurs |
disguised | headache | display |
illegal | musical | definite |
relevance | ordinary | stopping |
insurance | foreign | previous |
million | dreadful | gleaming |
plough | desperate | crept |
transfer | disturb | improbable |
foundations | fowl | last |
female | inconvenient | enthusiasm |
pronunciation | propeller | performance |
absorbed | computer | torches |
illiterate | purpose | attached |
continent | acceptable | first |
queue | sight | accommodation |
gently | pamphlet | applicable |
respiration | piece | amateur |
shook | responsible | individuals |
accompany | common | mortgage |
squeeze | successful | history |
burger | repeat | wolves |
carriages | melodious | furthermore |
reference | excursion | contestant |
achieve | various | addition |
involved | hedges | irresponsible |
conscious | immovable | provide |
thoughtful | echoed | corridor |
lightning | immobile | remained |
aloud | advertise | adventure |
approach | keys | café |
multiplication | mystery | occur |
handsome | effortless | burglar |
program | identity | suggest |
figure | injury | generally |
silence | existence | physically |
impractical | inaccurate | microbe |
disorder | producer | confess |
advise | introduction | national |
incredible | remainder | autonomy |
shoulder | penalises | aware |
conclusion | premium | maintenance |
factory | tuning | settlement |
waste | superior | notice |
prosecute | cliffs | loaves |
moderate | volcanoes | accidentally |
mischief | practice | disturbed |
salmon | lonely | proceed |
thoroughly | committee | several |
finishing | propose | rhythm |
moment | automatic | destructible |
accommodate | hardware | aggressive |
disastrous | usually | guarantee |
produce | apparatus | nuisance |
managing | overreact | gingerly |
convenience | scanned | awkward |
reliably | automobile | engines |
engulfed | abundant | surrender |
care | attention | affection |
include | bury | follow |
communication | calculator | general |
corruptible | presence | relive |
spreadsheet | crawl | heaviest |
thistle | alternatively | primula |
are | presentation | dozen |
unnatural | profession | lawyer |
swimming | audible | fastest |
actually | encounter | interested |
together | punctual | opposite |
devise | known | respectably |
control | opportunity | remain |
county | special | skimming |
language | parallel | symbol |
compatible | horses | enough |
improper | massive | foxes |
sustain | particular | gulf |
through | thorough | okay |
bounty | announce | guitar |
overrule | cultivation | proposition |
sprawling | procession | electrical |
survivor | request | valuable |
ambitious | site | weather |
hymn | moral | primate |
imagination | population | wrestling |
terrible | postpone | acquire |
aerodrome | protein | amazing |
chinese | smoothly | flourish |
laboratory | minister | genuine |
financially | account | abbreviation |
judging | perfectly | seize |
slippery | recommended | boys |
supposedly | equip | preserve |
agreeably | wholly | until |
character | capable | tallest |
knuckle | different | deceive |
crystal | available | transferred |
according | please | audio |
subtraction | relative | impossible |
fibres | camped | evaporation |
supply | company | expedition |
wear | guide | permissible |
application | die | inhabitant |
collapsible | moreover | question |
vanishing | applaud | roughest |
essentially | despicable | virus |
powered | grudge | parliament |
aerodynamic | average | journey |
device | encourage | raising |
reversible | peninsular | criminal |
sincerely | cultivate | anniversary |
crazily | meanwhile | promotion |
people | visible | constructive |
geological | similar | surround |
cautious | dolphin | selects |
leisure | inadvisable | determined |
instrument | whereas | separate |
twelfth | widest | develop |
preferred | knee | pigeon |
climbing | holey | roar |
intelligent | overseas | precise |
visitors | fighting | besides |
difficult | cities | colourful |
change | internet | personal |
suspense | dye | nastiest |
fictitious | knock | swordfish |
aeronauts | poultry | individual |
frightful | silent | busiest |
industry | inattentive | traditionally |
believe | century | effect |
carefully | business | software |
dough | precede | order |
creatures | prime | distant |
berry | shepherd | vehicle |
refereeing | bicycle | participate |
distinctive | liar | system |
illicit | lovely | misery |
solemn | excited | intense |
proportion | raspberry | breeze |
continually | apparent | discontent |
impatient | impolite | yacht |
advice | photo | nearest |
preferring | speculation | buses |
arrived | sunny | inspire |
vowel | generation | parrot |
enemy | sauce | themselves |
headquarters | sociology | column |
inspecting | heard | sociology |