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title: "Year 2 Spelling Words - Complete UK National Curriculum Word List - Ages 6-7"
url: https://spellwithstories.com/YearCurriculum2
description: "Complete Year 2 spelling words from UK National Curriculum. Phonics patterns, common exception words, and suffixes for 6-7 year olds with memory tricks."
lang: en
---

# Year 2 Spelling Words

UK National Curriculum Spelling List

125 essential words for 6-7 year olds

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### Homophones Confusion

Year 2 children (ages 6-7) start encountering words that sound the same but are spelled differently - like 'there/their/they're' or 'to/too/two'. This is genuinely confusing for young minds!

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### Silent Letters

Words with silent letters (like 'knee', 'write', 'lamb') don't make sense to 6-7 year olds. Why write a letter you can't hear? These exceptions frustrate logical young thinkers.

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### Suffix Rules

Adding endings like '-ed', '-ing', or '-er' involves rules about doubling letters or dropping 'e'. For Year 2 learners, remembering when to double and when not to feels overwhelming.

## Complete Year 2 Word List

after

after

again

again

any

any

bath

bath

beautiful

beautiful

because

because

behind

behind

both

both

break

break

busy

busy

child

child

children

children

class

class

climb

climb

clothes

clothes

cold

cold

could

could

door

door

even

every

every

everybody

everybody

eye

eye

fast

fast

father

father

find

find

floor

floor

gold

gold

grass

grass

great

great

half

half

hold

hold

hour

hour

improve

improve

kind

kind

last

last

many

many

mind

mind

money

money

most

most

move

move

mr

Mr

mrs

Mrs

old

old

only

only

parents

parents

pass

pass

past

past

path

path

people

people

plant

plant

poor

poor

pretty

pretty

prove

prove

should

should

steak

steak

sugar

sugar

sure

sure

told

told

water

water

who

who

whole

whole

wild

wild

would

would

## About Year 2 Spelling

Year 2 (ages 6-7) builds on Year 1 foundations, introducing more complex spelling patterns and common exception words. Children at this stage are expected to spell many common words correctly and are beginning to learn suffixes and prefixes.

The Year 2 curriculum includes homophones (words that sound the same), contractions (like don't, can't), and words with tricky letter patterns. Many children find this challenging because the rules aren't always consistent.

Our memory tricks are especially helpful at this stage, turning confusing spelling patterns into memorable stories and visual images that make sense to young learners.

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