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title: "Year 3 & 4 Spelling Words - Complete UK Statutory Word List - Ages 7-9"
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description: "Complete Year 3-4 statutory spelling words from UK National Curriculum. Shared word list for ages 7-9. Prefixes, suffixes, and tricky patterns with memory tricks."
lang: en
---

# Year 3 & 4 Spelling Words

UK National Curriculum Spelling List

110 essential words for 7-9 year olds

### Shared Year 3 & 4 Statutory Word List

In the UK National Curriculum, **Year 3 and Year 4 share the same statutory spelling list**. This means children in both year groups learn from the same set of words, with the expectation that they'll master them by the end of Year 4.

In our platform, we've split this list into **Level 3** and **Level 4** to make learning more manageable, but all these words come from the official Year 3-4 curriculum.

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### Advanced Prefix Confusion

Year 3-4 (ages 7-9) introduces prefixes like 'anti-', 'auto-', 'inter-'. Children struggle to remember which prefix means what and how they change word meanings - especially when meanings aren't obvious from context.

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### Apostrophe Anxiety

Possessive apostrophes and contractions become critical in Year 3-4. Knowing whether it's 'its' or 'it's', and where to put apostrophes in plural possessives, causes significant confusion and test anxiety.

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### Word Families & Origins

Words with Latin/Greek origins (like 'bicycle', 'telephone') require understanding etymology. For 7-9 year olds, memorizing that 'bi' means two and 'cycle' means circle feels disconnected from real life.

## Complete Year 3 & 4 Word List

accident

accidentally

actual

actually

address

although

answer

appear

arrive

believe

bicycle

breath

breathe

build

business

busy

calendar

caught

centre

century

certain

circle

complete

consider

continue

decide

describe

different

difficult

disappear

early

earth

eight

eighth

enough

exercise

experience

experiment

famous

favourite

february

forward

forwards

fruit

grammar

group

guard

guide

heard

heart

height

history

imagine

important

increase

interest

island

knowledge

learn

length

library

material

medicine

mention

minute

natural

naughty

notice

occasion

occasionally

often

opposite

ordinary

particular

peculiar

perhaps

popular

position

possess

possession

possible

potatoes

pressure

probably

promise

purpose

quarter

question

recent

regular

reign

remember

sentence

separate

special

straight

strange

strength

suppose

surprise

therefore

though

thought

through

together

various

Wednesday

weight

woman

women

## About Year 3-4 Spelling

Year 3-4 (ages 7-9) introduces more complex spelling patterns and word origins. The UK National Curriculum provides a single statutory word list for both years, recognizing that these challenging words require extended practice time to master.

The Year 3-4 curriculum includes words from Latin and Greek origins, homophones, and words with challenging letter strings. Many children begin to feel anxious about spelling at this stage as weekly tests become more demanding.

Our approach helps Year 3-4 learners build confidence through pattern recognition and meaning-based learning, reducing the memorization burden and making spelling more logical.

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