| One syllable | Two syllable | Three syllable | Four syllable | Word-final |
| be he me re she the we ye | became become befit before beget began begin begun behave behold behind being belief belong below bemoan berate beset bestow beta (UK) betel beware beyond cedar debase debate decaf decal decant decay decent decide declare decoy decree deduce deduct deface define defy delay demand demon demur deploy deter detox devout edict ego eon (US) egret equal ethos even evil feline female fever legal lemur lethal penal prearm prebook precast precise precook precut predate predict prefab prefect premade prepaid prepare prequel presale present preset preside presume preteen prevail prevent prewarn react rebel rebind reboot rebuff rebuke rebut recant recast recede recent recess record recur redact redeem redid redo redraw refit reflect refund regent regret regrow rehab reheat reject relate relax relent relief relive rely remain remand remark remind remit remix remote remove renal renew reopen repaid repay repel reply report repute rerun resent reset resist resort result retake retell return secret vegan veto | behemoth genius indices matrices medium menial meteor museum premium previous tedium torpedo | chameleon dandelion | abalone acme acne adobe ante Antigone Apache apostrophe Bronte catastrophe diabetes diamante diastole epitome extempore finale hyperbole kamikaze karaoke minke Nike recipe sesame simile Socrates stele syncope systole |
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Hi spelfabet, just letting you know that 5th graders are actually using this website. The teacher is saying that some of these words are just made up. Listen if you want good ratings try and use some real words not just made up ones. If you also want this to be a child friendly and a school recommended website please to improve. Just the heads up.
Hi, thanks for the feedback, but these are all real words, though some of them are names e.g. Antigone is a character in Greek legend, her name is in the Macquarie dictionary. Maybe the teacher doesn’t know all the words, but that doesn’t make them non-words. The lists on this website are not intended for 5th graders, they’re for adults to use in selecting words that are suitable for their learners which share a spelling pattern. A class studying Antigone would be interested in spelling her name, but if the teacher doesn’t know who Antigone is, and the class is not learning about her, then obviously that’s not a word that the teacher would select.
Just giving you a heads up, Aborigine is an offensive word and is not and should be not be used to describe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People so please delete this from your site. Thank you!
Hi Madeleine, thanks for pointing this out, you’re right, I’ve taken the word off the list. I based these lists on the Macquarie dictionary’s contents nearly two decades ago, and being a good purist linguist I decided not to take out the nasty words. Then of course I found that people complained about swear words and some other words that are considered rude or have nasty usages, so have pruned the lists over the years, and should have pruned this one too. I don’t look at the lists myself much now, as I have lists for every spelling in my head.
This word is still in the Macquarie Dictionary, so maybe we can both contact them and ask that they at least say that it’s considered offensive and should not be used to describe First Nations people? I’ll email you the current online entry, maybe you can suggest a good way to edit it. They don’t take offensive words out of dictionaries while people are still saying them – the rudest swear words are all in the dictionary – but they do say some words are offensive/taboo, and they should say this about ‘Aborigine’ too, to help clarify that people should stop using it, and eventually take it out of common usage, and thus out of dictionaries. Thanks for the prompt to fix this. Alison