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Grade 3 Spelling Word Lists - Free Practice

318 spelling words across 18 lists

About Grade 3 Spelling Lists

Grade 3 spelling lists contain complex patterns, academic vocabulary, and advanced phonics for third graders (ages 8-9). Students work with prefixes, suffixes, irregular spellings, and subject-specific vocabulary to prepare for more challenging texts.

Dolch Third Grade Sight Words – List A

21 words · Dolch Sight Words

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  1. draw
  2. clean
  3. carry
  4. hurt
  5. hot
  6. fall
  7. kind
  8. bring
  9. drink
  10. got
  11. eight
  12. cut
  13. about
  14. full
  15. if
  16. grow
  17. far
  18. better
  19. keep
  20. hold
  21. done

Dolch Third Grade Sight Words – List B

20 words · Dolch Sight Words

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  1. light
  2. ten
  3. long
  4. shall
  5. try
  6. start
  7. only
  8. seven
  9. myself
  10. small
  11. show
  12. together
  13. own
  14. today
  15. much
  16. six
  17. warm
  18. laugh
  19. never
  20. pick

Fry Sight Words List 13 (Words 301–325)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. better
  2. dog
  3. best
  4. black
  5. farm
  6. cold
  7. didn't
  8. cried
  9. against
  10. across
  11. area
  12. door
  13. fall
  14. birds
  15. early
  16. draw
  17. certain
  18. complete
  19. during
  20. ever
  21. color
  22. body
  23. covered
  24. easy
  25. Become

Fry Sight Words List 14 (Words 326–350)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. fire
  2. figure
  3. hold
  4. listen
  5. five
  6. measure
  7. horse
  8. low
  9. map
  10. hundred
  11. hours
  12. himself
  13. fast
  14. friends
  15. mark
  16. I'll
  17. king
  18. field
  19. fish
  20. money
  21. knew
  22. however
  23. heard
  24. happened
  25. ground

Fry Sight Words List 15 (Words 351–375)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. red
  2. short
  3. pattern
  4. remember
  5. problem
  6. products
  7. seen
  8. numeral
  9. questions
  10. notice
  11. plan
  12. passed
  13. pulled
  14. ship
  15. sing
  16. north
  17. reached
  18. room
  19. since
  20. several
  21. rock
  22. morning
  23. piece
  24. order
  25. music

Fry Sight Words List 16 (Words 376–400)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. toward
  2. unit
  3. stand
  4. table
  5. sun
  6. today
  7. voice
  8. sure
  9. vowel
  10. waves
  11. wood
  12. usually
  13. town
  14. step
  15. upon
  16. top
  17. travel
  18. wind
  19. war
  20. told
  21. space
  22. south
  23. slowly
  24. whole
  25. true

Diphthong OI/OY Words

10 words · Common 'oi'/'oy' sound words

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  1. oink
  2. boil
  3. point
  4. coin
  5. oil
  6. employ
  7. boy
  8. joy
  9. enjoy
  10. toy

Diphthong OU/OW Words

10 words · Common 'ou'/'ow' sound words

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  1. brown
  2. sound
  3. cloud
  4. now
  5. found
  6. crowd
  7. cow
  8. out
  9. loud
  10. flower

AW/AU Words

10 words · Common 'aw'/'au' sound words

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  1. yawn
  2. draw
  3. launch
  4. saw
  5. haul
  6. fault
  7. jaw
  8. paw
  9. August
  10. author

Common Suffixes (-ful, -less, -er, -est, -ness)

10 words · Grade 3 Vocabulary – common suffixes

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  1. bigger
  2. careful
  3. biggest
  4. careless
  5. hopeless
  6. faster
  7. darkness
  8. fastest
  9. helpful
  10. kindness

Soft C and Soft G Words

10 words · Common soft 'c' and soft 'g' words

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  1. circle
  2. energy
  3. gem
  4. magic
  5. city
  6. giraffe
  7. dance
  8. ice
  9. giant
  10. center

Irregular Plural Nouns

10 words · Grade 3 Grammar – irregular plural forms

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  1. fish
  2. women
  3. teeth
  4. men
  5. feet
  6. children
  7. sheep
  8. cacti
  9. mice
  10. geese

3rd Grade Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2)

75 words · GreatSchools Curriculum

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  1. furious
  2. effect
  3. defend
  4. assist
  5. details
  6. example
  7. careless
  8. repair
  9. nervous
  10. diagram
  11. dangle
  12. scar
  13. ridiculous
  14. construct
  15. flexible
  16. attract
  17. fatal
  18. endangered
  19. elect
  20. marine
  21. division
  22. gathered
  23. typical
  24. opposite
  25. examine
  26. signal
  27. invitation
  28. intelligent
  29. multiply
  30. coast
  31. unite
  32. patient
  33. disappointed
  34. infer
  35. argue
  36. mend
  37. passage
  38. tackle
  39. recognize
  40. predict
  41. similar
  42. compare
  43. volunteer
  44. cause
  45. scatter
  46. shiver
  47. tentacle
  48. vehicle
  49. valuable
  50. arrange
  51. pleasant
  52. event
  53. solution
  54. prank
  55. describe
  56. unusual
  57. irritate
  58. contrast
  59. experience
  60. develop
  61. occur
  62. peer
  63. additional
  64. slumber
  65. gist
  66. culture
  67. purpose
  68. starve
  69. region
  70. persuade
  71. stumble
  72. agreeable
  73. climate
  74. credit
  75. continent

3rd Grade Math Vocabulary (Common Core)

15 words · Granite School District – 3rd Grade Math

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  1. pictograph
  2. fraction
  3. bar graph
  4. vertex
  5. product
  6. factor
  7. array
  8. area
  9. multiple
  10. distribute
  11. perimeter
  12. parallel
  13. quotient
  14. divide
  15. perpendicular

3rd Grade Science Vocabulary

10 words · Academic science terms

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  1. graph
  2. nutrients
  3. vibration
  4. sound
  5. mineral
  6. force
  7. muscle
  8. energy
  9. investigation
  10. system

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

10 words · Grade 3 Grammar – common irregular verbs

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  1. thought
  2. ate
  3. went
  4. gave
  5. ran
  6. broke
  7. bought
  8. saw
  9. took
  10. came

Commonly Misspelled Words (Grade 3)

10 words · High-frequency misspelled words

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  1. very
  2. does
  3. people
  4. again
  5. sure
  6. friend
  7. won't
  8. around
  9. until
  10. because

Ordinal Numbers (1st–10th)

10 words · Basic ordinal number words

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  1. first
  2. second
  3. tenth
  4. ninth
  5. seventh
  6. eighth
  7. fourth
  8. sixth
  9. third
  10. fifth

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Word SearchHidden words in a letter grid
Spelling TestNumbered blank lines
FlashcardsCut-out study cards
Scrambled WordsUnscramble the letters
ABC OrderAlphabetical sorting
Fill in the BlankComplete the sentences
HandwritingTrace and write
LCWCLook, cover, write, check
MatchingMatch words to definitions
BingoClassroom bingo cards
CrosswordCrossword puzzle
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