Tricky words (not spelled like they sound): word list
72 words for grades 2 to 3. Tricky words, homophones, contractions, compound words, multiple meanings and three-syllable words.
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| Word | Syllables | Estimated grade |
|---|---|---|
| said | 1 | K |
| friend | 1 | K |
| enough | 2 | 1 |
| through | 1 | K |
| though | 1 | 1 |
| thought | 1 | 1 |
| brought | 1 | 1 |
| caught | 1 | 1 |
| taught | 1 | 1 |
| daughter | 2 | 2 |
| laugh | 1 | 3 |
| tough | 1 | 2 |
| rough | 1 | 1 |
| cough | 1 | 2 |
| could | 1 | 1 |
| would | 1 | 2 |
| should | 1 | 1 |
| people | 2 | 1 |
| heard | 1 | 1 |
| early | 2 | 1 |
| learn | 1 | K |
| answer | 2 | 1 |
| beautiful | 3 | 2 |
| busy | 2 | 2 |
| built | 1 | 2 |
| bury | 2 | 2 |
| double | 2 | K |
| eye | 1 | K |
| fruit | 1 | 1 |
| great | 1 | 1 |
| group | 1 | 1 |
| guess | 1 | 1 |
| guide | 1 | 2 |
| island | 2 | 2 |
| juice | 1 | 2 |
| listen | 2 | 1 |
| minute | 2 | 1 |
| move | 1 | 1 |
| mother | 2 | K |
| other | 2 | 1 |
| once | 1 | 1 |
| one | 1 | K |
| only | 2 | 3 |
| picture | 2 | K |
| pretty | 2 | K |
| shoe | 1 | 1 |
| sugar | 2 | 2 |
| sure | 1 | 1 |
| surprise | 2 | 1 |
| today | 2 | 3 |
| toward | 2 | K |
| trouble | 2 | 2 |
| usual | 3 | 2 |
| wear | 1 | 1 |
| weigh | 1 | 2 |
| whole | 1 | 1 |
| women | 2 | 2 |
| world | 1 | 1 |
| young | 1 | 1 |
| every | 3 | 1 |
| any | 2 | 1 |
| many | 2 | 2 |
| hour | 2 | 1 |
| honest | 2 | 2 |
| key | 1 | 2 |
| ocean | 2 | 2 |
| special | 2 | 2 |
| straight | 1 | 1 |
| scissors | 2 | K |
| science | 2 | 2 |
| school | 1 | K |
| favorite | 3 | 2 |
Grades are estimates of when a word is first taught. Source: Written for this site
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