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Grade 4 Spelling Word Lists - Free Practice

356 spelling words across 20 lists

About Grade 4 Spelling Lists

Grade 4 spelling lists include prefixes, suffixes, Greek and Latin roots, and challenging vocabulary for fourth graders (ages 9-10). These lists help students understand word structure and meaning while building academic vocabulary across subjects.

Fry Sight Words List 17 (Words 401–425)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. circle
  2. ago
  3. behind
  4. bread
  5. bring
  6. common
  7. course
  8. boat
  9. box
  10. brought
  11. class
  12. correct
  13. clear
  14. dark
  15. base
  16. ball
  17. built
  18. cannot
  19. among
  20. became
  21. building
  22. check
  23. carefully
  24. contain
  25. able

Fry Sight Words List 18 (Words 426–450)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. finally
  2. filled
  3. equation
  4. hot
  5. green
  6. game
  7. full
  8. English
  9. explain
  10. done
  11. force
  12. half
  13. gave
  14. fine
  15. dry
  16. inches
  17. decided
  18. front
  19. heat
  20. fly
  21. feel
  22. heavy
  23. fact
  24. deep
  25. government

Fry Sight Words List 19 (Words 451–475)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. round
  2. object
  3. include
  4. inside
  5. quickly
  6. material
  7. less
  8. power
  9. island
  10. nothing
  11. person
  12. road
  13. noun
  14. oh
  15. plane
  16. pair
  17. note
  18. ran
  19. rest
  20. ocean
  21. language
  22. known
  23. machine
  24. minutes
  25. produce

Fry Sight Words List 20 (Words 476–500)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. ten
  2. shape
  3. stay
  4. system
  5. verb
  6. wheels
  7. understand
  8. stood
  9. shown
  10. special
  11. wait
  12. scientists
  13. week
  14. six
  15. surface
  16. though
  17. yet
  18. yes
  19. size
  20. rule
  21. warm
  22. stars
  23. thousands
  24. street
  25. strong

Silent Letter Words (kn-, wr-, etc.)

10 words · Common silent-letter words

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  1. comb
  2. write
  3. hour
  4. knife
  5. knock
  6. knee
  7. ghost
  8. wreck
  9. wrong
  10. lamb

Common Greek Roots (with examples)

10 words · Frequently used Greek roots{index=64}

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  1. photo (light)
  2. bio (life)
  3. geo (earth)
  4. auto (self)
  5. micro (small)
  6. phon (sound)
  7. cycle (circle)
  8. tele (far)
  9. meter (measure)
  10. graph (write)

IE/EI Spelling Rule Words

10 words · "I before E" pattern words

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  1. ceiling
  2. receive
  3. field
  4. weight
  5. chief
  6. believe
  7. thief
  8. weigh
  9. piece
  10. neighbor

-tion and -sion Words

10 words · Common -tion/-sion noun forms

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  1. division
  2. action
  3. decision
  4. caution
  5. vision
  6. collision
  7. motion
  8. nation
  9. station
  10. television

-able and -ible Words

10 words · Common adjectives with -able/-ible

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  1. horrible
  2. comfortable
  3. flexible
  4. readable
  5. breakable
  6. enjoyable
  7. agreeable
  8. visible
  9. terrible
  10. possible

Additional Prefixes (mis-, non-, pre-, sub-)

10 words · Grade 4 Vocabulary – additional prefixes

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  1. preview
  2. nonstop
  3. subway
  4. submerge
  5. preschool
  6. subject
  7. nonsense
  8. misplace
  9. mislead
  10. subtitle

Literary Terms (Story Elements)

10 words · Basic literary terms

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  1. character
  2. chapter
  3. dialogue
  4. resolution
  5. plot
  6. summary
  7. narrator
  8. theme
  9. setting
  10. conflict

Figurative Language & Literary Devices

10 words · Common figurative language terms

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  1. idiom
  2. foreshadowing
  3. irony
  4. flashback
  5. hyperbole
  6. simile
  7. alliteration
  8. symbolism
  9. personification
  10. metaphor

U.S. States (A–M)

25 words · 50 States of the USA

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  1. Alabama
  2. Mississippi
  3. Colorado
  4. Kansas
  5. Delaware
  6. Indiana
  7. Missouri
  8. Idaho
  9. Louisiana
  10. Connecticut
  11. Illinois
  12. Arizona
  13. Minnesota
  14. Maryland
  15. Iowa
  16. California
  17. Kentucky
  18. Arkansas
  19. Alaska
  20. Florida
  21. Maine
  22. Georgia
  23. Hawaii
  24. Michigan
  25. Massachusetts

U.S. States (N–W)

25 words · 50 States of the USA

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  1. New York
  2. New Jersey
  3. Rhode Island
  4. South Dakota
  5. Oregon
  6. West Virginia
  7. North Carolina
  8. Texas
  9. Nevada
  10. New Hampshire
  11. North Dakota
  12. New Mexico
  13. Montana
  14. Oklahoma
  15. Pennsylvania
  16. Nebraska
  17. Tennessee
  18. Utah
  19. Virginia
  20. Vermont
  21. Washington
  22. Wisconsin
  23. South Carolina
  24. Wyoming
  25. Ohio

Continents and Oceans

12 words · World geography

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  1. North America
  2. Atlantic Ocean
  3. Africa
  4. Arctic Ocean
  5. Southern Ocean
  6. Asia
  7. South America
  8. Antarctica
  9. Indian Ocean
  10. Europe
  11. Pacific Ocean
  12. Australia

Transition Words

10 words · Grade 4 Writing – common transitional words

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  1. for example
  2. meanwhile
  3. in conclusion
  4. on the other hand
  5. therefore
  6. finally
  7. then
  8. however
  9. next
  10. first

Commonly Confused Words

11 words · Frequently confused word pairs

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  1. effect
  2. two
  3. too
  4. than
  5. to
  6. accept
  7. affect
  8. then
  9. who's
  10. whose
  11. except

4th Grade Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2)

72 words · GreatSchools Curriculum

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  1. compare
  2. develop
  3. effective
  4. recommend
  5. defend
  6. difference
  7. example
  8. increasing
  9. approached
  10. frequent
  11. usually
  12. essential
  13. infer
  14. detail
  15. separate
  16. typical
  17. furious
  18. avoid
  19. disappointed
  20. estimate
  21. cause
  22. surround
  23. insert
  24. support
  25. passage
  26. automatically
  27. circular
  28. prefer
  29. purpose
  30. fortunate
  31. concluding
  32. organized
  33. entirety
  34. temporary
  35. contrast
  36. flexible
  37. convince
  38. exclaimed
  39. distribute
  40. eliminate
  41. except
  42. persuade
  43. result
  44. predict
  45. border
  46. simplify
  47. critical
  48. threatens
  49. demonstrate
  50. summarize
  51. recognize
  52. scarce
  53. rarely
  54. observe
  55. obvious
  56. previous
  57. describe
  58. minimum
  59. decrease
  60. argued
  61. select
  62. inform
  63. evidence
  64. calculate
  65. prediction
  66. tradition
  67. represent
  68. maximum
  69. reason
  70. accomplish
  71. adaptation
  72. confirm

4th Grade Math Vocabulary (Common Core)

15 words · Granite School District – 4th Grade Math{index=72}...

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  1. angle
  2. improper fraction
  3. factor
  4. multiple
  5. decimal
  6. perimeter
  7. area
  8. denominator
  9. mixed number
  10. parallel
  11. numerator
  12. perpendicular
  13. rhombus
  14. obtuse
  15. acute

4th Grade Science Vocabulary

10 words · Academic science terms

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  1. electricity
  2. precipitation
  3. water cycle
  4. evaporation
  5. sediment
  6. condensation
  7. weathering
  8. erosion
  9. insulator
  10. battery

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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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