11,579 words

Phonics word library

Browse every word broken into sound boxes — by first letter or by number of sounds. Tap any word to see its full phonics breakdown and hear it pronounced.

Browse by first letter

A 2228 B 2147 C 3325 D 2155 E 1524 F 11 G 9 H 18 I 6 J 5 K 4 L 9 M 14 N 13 O 11 P 13 Q 0 R 10 S 28 T 25 U 4 V 2 W 15 X 0 Y 2 Z 1

Browse by number of sounds

2 sounds 6,071 words 3 sounds 3,275 words 4 sounds 1,467 words 5 sounds 378 words 6 sounds 117 words 7 sounds 60 words 8 sounds 36 words 9 sounds 17 words 10 sounds 7 words

About this word library

Every word in this library is broken into its component phoneme sounds using the Elkonin sound-box method — the same approach used in thousands of US kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. Each box represents one distinct sound, not one letter, which is why "night" has three boxes (n · igh · t) even though it has five letters.

The library covers the full range of phonics instruction — from simple 2-sound CVC words like at and up, through consonant blends and digraphs, to complex vowel team patterns like caught and straight.