A Complete List of Word Families
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Word families help kids read faster by pointing out the patterns in words.
This is a complete list of word families to help the beginning reader in your life!
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What Are Word Families?
Word families are groups of words that are related by a common spelling pattern and sound.
For example, the words hen, pen, and when are all a part of the -en word family.
When you learn to recognize the common part of the word, you can easily read other words in that same family.
A Complete List of Word Families
Professors Richard Wylie and Donald Durrell published a journal article in 1970 entitled “Teaching Vowels Through Phonograms.” In it, they identified the 37 most common word families.
This complete list of word families expands on their research to form a comprehensive list.
ack
sack
back
lack
hack
jack
mack
slack
shack
tack
track
black
ail
bail
quail
snail
bail
rail
hail
sail
tail
am
bam
dam
ham
Pam
Sam
yam
ap
sap
tap
lap
map
nap
rap
ate
date
fate
gate
hate
late
mate
rate
grate
eep
beep
deep
keep
peep
seep
weep
ent
bent
dent
lent
sent
tent
rent
gent
ide
bide
wide
hide
ride
side
tide
chide
bride
ill
bill
dill
will
gill
sill
till
thrill
pill
frill
ink
sink
rink
think
wink
blink
link
mink
pink
ock
frock
dock
lock
rock
sock
hock
oo
coo
woo
too
boo
poo
zoo
oom
boom
loom
zoom
gloom
broom
zoom
groom
ore
bore
core
snore
wore
tore
pore
gore
lore
more
smore
spore
store
shore
ould
could
would
should
ow like snow
mow
sow
tow
bow
grow
show
throw
glow
ump
bump
pump
rump
clump
chump
thump
dump
jump
lump
pump
ad
mad
glad
bad
sad
tad
had
lad
fad
pad
grad
ane
cane
mane
lane
pane
sane
wane
ame
blame
same
game
shame
fame
lame
tame
ar
car
bar
far
mar
tar
par
aw
caw
thaw
jaw
law
paw
raw
saw
flaw
eet
beet
feet
meet
greet
est
best
guest
quest
chest
lest
nest
pest
rest
ife
life
knife
wife
in
bin
pin
tin
win
grin
thin
shin
ip
whip
blip
dip
flip
grip
hip
sip
tip
chip
ood as in good
good
hood
wood
stood
ood as in mood
mood
food
brood
ool
pool
spool
tool
fool
fool
orn
thorn
born
worn
corn
morn
torn
shorn
ouse
house
mouse
own
gown
crown
town
frown
down
un
pun
bun
sun
fun
gun
nun
run
ag
bag
tag
lag
nag
rag
brag
shag
ake
bake
cake
fake
lake
rake
sake
take
wake
snake
an
can
Dan
fan
pan
man
tan
ran
ash
bash
sash
dash
rash
mash
gnash
stash
eat
beat
feat
heat
meat
neat
peat
seat
wheat
ell
bell
dell
tell
well
sell
smell
fell
shell
ice
dice
twice
slice
splice
trice
ight
bright
light
might
night
knight
bright
fight
sight
tight
one
bone
hone
tone
lone
throne
it
sit
bit
zit
pit
fit
hit
quit
oil
boil
foil
toil
soil
broil
coil
oof
roof
woof
proof
on
son
ton
won
ot
dot
hot
pot
lot
dot
cot
shot
clot
rot
slot
plot
blot
trot
out
flout
clout
shout
pout
rout
tout
uck
luck
puck
buck
cluck
chuck
struck
duck
muck
tuck
unk
bunk
clunk
junk
dunk
funk
punk
sunk
age
cage
page
rage
sage
wage
all
ball
call
fall
hall
mall
tall
wall
ank
bank
drank
crank
prank
tank
yank
at
bat
fat
mat
pat
rat
cat
pat
eel
feel
wheel
kneel
peel
reel
en
hen
Ben
pen
men
ten
when
Jen
ick
sick
lick
quick
Rick
pick
tick
wick
trick
chick
thick
ile
bile
guile
mile
Nile
tile
while
ing
ding
sing
wing
thing
bling
ring
bring
zing
oak
croak
cloak
soak
oke
choke
woke
joke
poke
ook
book
cook
brook
shook
look
hook
crook
op
hop
bop
top
sop
glop
plop
crop
chop
ought
bought
sought
fought
thought
ow like cow
sow
cow
bow
how
wow
pow
vow
ug
bug
dug
mug
plug
thug
shrug
pug
rug
The Complete Word Families List
With these word families, you can springboard off any phonetic progress.
By learning to recognize the word family, you unlock the door to reading lots of new words.
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