Phonics Spelling Dictionary

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Phonics Spelling Dictionary

sound page sound page sound page sound page
/s/ 1 /o/ 27 /i-ee/ 51 /th/ 77
unvoiced
/a/ 3 /u/ 29 /or/ 53 /th/ 79
voiced
/t/ 5 /l/ 31 /z/ 55 /kw/ 81
/i/ 7 /ul/ 33 /ng/ 57 /ou/ 83
/p/ 9 /f/ 35 /ngk/ 59 /oi/ 85
/n/ 11 /b/ 37 /v/ 61 /yoo/ 87
/k/ 13 /j/ 39 /oo/ 63 /er/ 89

short
/e/ 15 /y/ 41 /oo/ 65 /er/ 91

long schwa
/h/ 17 /ai/ 43 /ks/ 67 /ar/ 93
/r/ 19 /w/ 45 /gz/ 69 /air/ 95
/m/ 21 /oa/ 47 /ch/ 71 /eer/ 97
/d/ 23 /igh/ 49 /chu/ 73 /zh/ 99
/g/ 25 /ee/ 51 /sh/ 75 Phonics International
by Debbie Hepplewhite
The Alphabetic Code /d/ d -dd -ed

dig puddle rained
sounds PI simple PI complex graphemes ( spelling alternatives ) /g/ g -gg gu gh -gue
& picture code code which are code for the sounds
prompts units 1-5 units 6-12 girl juggle guitar ghost catalogue
/s/ s -ce -se ce ci cy /o/ o wa qua alt

snake palace house cents city bicycle octopus watch qualify salt
-ss sc -st- ps /u/ u o -ou -ough

glass scissors castle pseudonym umbrella son touch thoroughfare

/a/ a /l/ l -ll

apple ladder shell

/t/ t -tt -ed schwa -le -il -al -el

/ul/

tent letter skipped kettle pencil hospital camel

/i/ i -y /f/ f -ff ph -gh

insect cymbals feathers cliff photograph laugh

/p/ p -pp /b/ b -bb bu

pan puppet bat rabbit building

/n/ n -nn kn gn -ne /j/ j -ge ge gi gy -dge

net bonnet knot gnome engine jug cabbage gerbil giraffe gymnast fridge

/k/ k c -ck ch qu que /y/ y

kit cat duck chameleon bouquet plaque yawn
/e/ e -ea -ai a /ai/ ai a -ae a-e

egg head said again any many aid table sundae cakes
/h/ h wh -ay -ey eigh -ea -aigh
hat who tray prey eight break straight
/r/ r -rr wr rh /w/ w wh -u
rat arrow write rhinoceros web wheel penguin
/m/ m -mm -me -mb -mn /igh/ -igh -ie i -y i-e ei
map hammer welcome thumb column night tie behind shy bike eider duck
/oa/ oa o -oe o-e /sh/ sh ch -ti -ci -ssi

oak yo-yo oboe rope sheep chef station magician admission
ow -ough -eau unvoiced th voiced th
/th/ /th/
bow dough plateau thistle there
/ee/ ee e e-e -ey -ie -ine /kw/ qu

eel emu concrete key chief sardines queen
ea /i-ee/ -y -ey -ie /ou/ ou ow -ough

eat sunny monkey movie ouch owl plough

/or/ or ore oar -oor -our war /oi/ oi oy

fork snore oars door four wardrobe ointment toy

aw au -al augh ough quar /yoo/ -ue u u-e ew eu

dawn sauce chalk caught thought quarter statue unicorn tube new pneumatic drill

/z/ z -zz -s -se -ze /er/ er ir ur ear wor

zebra jazz fries cheese breeze mermaid birthday nurse earth world

/ng/ -ng -n /ngk/ -nk -nc schwa‘uh’ -er -our -re -ar -or

/er/

gong jungle ink uncle mixer humour theatre collar sailor

/v/ v -ve /ar/ ar a alm -alf -alves

violin dove artist father palm half calves

short -oo -oul -u /air/ air -are -ear -ere
/oo/
book should push hair hare bear where
long oo u-e -ew -ui -ou -o /eer/ eer ear -ere -ier
/oo/
moon flute crew fruit soup move deer ears adhere cashier
-ue /zh/ -si -s -z g -ge b y
Debbie
blue television treasure azure courgette collage Hepplewhite
/ks/ -x -ks -cks -kes /gz/ -x The complexities of the English Alphabetic Code:
1. one sound (phoneme) can be represented by one, two, three or four letters
e.g. /a/ a, /f/ ph, /igh/ igh, /ai/ eigh
fox books ducks cakes exam
2. one sound can be represented by multiple spelling alternatives (graphemes)
/ch/ ch -tch /chu/ -ture e.g. /oa/: o, oa, ow, oe, o-e, eau, ough
3. one grapheme can represent multiple sounds
chairs patch picture e.g. ‘ough’: /oa/ though, /or/ thought, long /oo/ through, /ou/ plough, schwa /er/ thorough
/s/

s -ss s -ce
snake glass palace
1 2 5

-se ce ci cy
house cents city bicycle
6

sc -st- ps
scissors castle pseudonym
7 8 12

1
s -ss -ce -se -st-

ce ci cy sc

2
Many words which start with
letter ‘a’ are pronounced with /a/
a sound which is closer to the
schwa “uh” sound like ‘about’.

a

apple
1

3
a

4
/t/

t -tt -ed
tent letter She skipped.
1 3 4

5
t -tt -ed other

6
/i/

i -y
insect cymbals
1 9

7