Order

Word Pattern or Word Family

Number 

of Words

Number of Repetitions

Number of different words

Easiest Word

% of Beginning 2nd Graders Who Can Spell it  

Builds to

1

in

79

23

56

in

76%

beginnings

2

e

28

23

5

he

73

she

3

ee

38

11

27

see

98

disagreeing

4

up

33

11

22

up

73

suppers

5

ood 1

33

17

16

good

70

misunderstood

6

ood 2

23

13

10

food

24

moody

7

out

55

11

44

out

46

scouting

8

an

79

27

52

can

69

manners

9

en

55

14

41

ten

52

pennies

10

ool

39

8

31

cool

32

schooling

11

at

121

30

91

at

68

batteries

12

it

114

24

90

it

83

admitting

13

old

42

1

41

old

56

withholding

14

eld

16

2

14

held

4

welding

15

et

64

4

60

get

42

upsetting

16

ot

80

3

77

not

56

spotting

17

ild

10

1

9

child

3

wildest

18

ove 1

25

4

21

love

31

loveliest

19

ove 2

16

0

16

move

14

approving

20

ove 3

35

4

31

stove

8

clover

21

ow 1

155

46

109

low

13

followers

22

owl

6

0

6

bowl

 2

bowlers

23

ow 2

44

7

37

cow

57

disallowed

24

obe

18

0

18

robe

3

probing

25

ode

22

4

18

rode

9

exploded

26

oad

27

0

27

road

6

unloading

27

ay

115

18

97

day

65

replaying

28

ey

13

5

8

they

39

preying

29

oy

54

21

33

boy

75

annoying

30

oal

8

0

8

coal

1

goals

31

oak

21

6

15

oak

3

soaking

32

oan

15

1

14

loan

1

groaning

33a

own 1

41

20

21

own

5

overgrown

33b

own 2

5

2

3

down

36

downtown

34

ar

22

2

20

car

69

starring

35

arch

17

0

17

March

7

starch