Phonics Word Lists — Every Word Read Aloud
28 lists, 895 words, all free. Tap any word to hear it, or tap a single sound chunk inside it. They run in the same order as the app’s 28-level path, so Level 1 is where a child starts and Level 28 is where they finish.
- Level 1
Letter Sounds A to Z
67 words · with audio
Hear the phonics sound each letter makes, A to Z, with a real example word for every letter. Free and tap-to-play.
- Level 2
Short Vowel Words List (a, e, i, o, u)
40 words · with audio
A free short vowel words list for all five vowels, every word read aloud. Tap to hear the difference between cat, bed, pig, dog and cup.
- Level 3
Two-Sound Words for Blending Practice
28 words · with audio
A free list of two-sound words — at, in, up, on — with audio. The gentlest possible first step into blending.
- Level 4
CVC Words List
50 words · with audio
A free CVC words list with every word read aloud and split into its sounds. Tap any word to hear it. Ideal for kindergarten and Reception blending practice.
- Level 5
Short Vowel Spelling Rules (ff, ll, ss, zz, ck, ng)
56 words · with audio
The spelling rules that follow a short vowel: FLOSS (ff, ll, ss, zz), plus -ck, -ng and -nk. 56 words with audio, free and sorted.
- Level 6
Word Families List (-at, -en, -ig, -un)
64 words · with audio
A free word families list — -at, -en, -ig, -og, -un and more — with audio. Change one letter, read a whole family.
- Level 7
Consonant Blends Word List (bl, cl, st, tr)
63 words · with audio
A free consonant blends word list — bl, cl, fl, gr, st, tr and more — with every word read aloud. Tap any word to hear the blend.
- Level 8
Ending Blends Word List (nd, nt, mp, lk, sk, ft)
65 words · with audio
A free ending blends word list — nd, nt, mp, lk, sk and ft — with audio on every word.
- Level 9
Digraph Words List (ch, sh, th, wh)
42 words · with audio
A free consonant digraph words list — ch, sh, th, wh, ph, ck — with every word read aloud. Tap to hear the single sound two letters make.
- Level 10
TCH, DGE and NK Words List
30 words · with audio
A free list of -tch, -dge and -nk words with audio, and the short-vowel rule that decides between ch and tch, ge and dge.
- Level 11
Open Syllable Words List
18 words · with audio
A free open syllable words list with audio. When a syllable ends in a vowel, the vowel says its own name.
- Level 12
Magic E Words List
25 words · with audio
A free Magic E (split digraph) words list with audio. Hear how the silent e changes cap to cape, hop to hope. Tap any word to play it.
- Level 13
Vowel Team Words List (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, oo)
36 words · with audio
A free vowel team words list covering ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, oo, ew and ue — every word read aloud. Tap to hear how two vowels make one sound.
- Level 14
Diphthong Words List (oi, oy, ou, ow, au, aw)
27 words · with audio
A free diphthong word list — oi, oy, ou, ow, au and aw — with audio. Hear the gliding vowel in coin, toy, cloud, cow and saw.
- Level 15
R-Controlled Vowel Words (ar, er, ir, or, ur)
25 words · with audio
A free r-controlled vowel word list — ar, er, ir, or, ur — with audio. Hear how r changes the vowel in car, bird and turn.
- Level 16
IGH and GH Words (night, though, laugh)
25 words · with audio
The three jobs gh does: silent in igh (night), silent after other vowels (though), and /f/ in enough and laugh. 25 words with audio.
- Level 17
Words Where Y Is a Vowel
20 words · with audio
A free list of words where y acts as a vowel — fly, happy, gym — with audio. Hear the three jobs y does.
- Level 18
3-Letter Blends Word List (str, spl, scr)
20 words · with audio
A free three-letter blends word list — str, spl, scr, spr, thr — with audio on every word.
- Level 19
Soft C and Soft G Words List
16 words · with audio
A free soft c and soft g words list with audio. Hear why city says /s/ and giant says /j/.
- Level 20
Silent Letter Words List (kn, wr, mb, gn)
23 words · with audio
A free silent letter words list — knife, write, lamb, gnome — with audio. Hear which letter goes quiet and why.
- Level 21
Word Endings List (-s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er, -est)
21 words · with audio
A free word endings list covering -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est, with the spelling changes that catch children out. 21 words with audio.
- Level 22
Prefix Words List (un-, re-, pre-, dis-)
19 words · with audio
A free prefix words list with audio — unhappy, redo, preview, disagree — and what each prefix does to the meaning.
- Level 23
Suffix Words List (-ful, -less, -ness, -tion)
16 words · with audio
A free suffix words list with audio — helpful, hopeless, quickly, kindness — and what each suffix means.
- Level 24
Contractions List for Kids
16 words · with audio
A free contractions list with audio — don't, can't, I'll, we're — showing which letters the apostrophe replaces.
- Level 25
Consonant + LE Words List (-ble, -ple, -tle)
21 words · with audio
A free consonant-le words list — apple, little, purple, table — with audio. Hear the quiet final syllable.
- Level 26
Compound Words List for Kids
16 words · with audio
A free compound words list — rainbow, sunshine, butterfly — with audio. Two small words joined into one bigger one.
- Level 27
Two-Syllable Words for Kids
16 words · with audio
A free two-syllable words list — rabbit, kitten, basket — with audio. Learn where to split a longer word.
- Level 28
Sight Words List — 30 Heart Words
30 words · with audio
A free sight words list with audio — the 30 high-frequency words like the, was, said and friend that break the rules. The irregular part of each word is marked.
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