Word Families Lists | Most Common English Word Family List

Word families are groups of words that have a common feature or pattern – they have some of the same combinations of letters in them and a similar sound

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The following word family lists in English to help you plan phonics lessons for kids according to Walie and  Durrell. Let’s check our collection of English word family lists:

ab Word Family List

• Cab
• Dab
• Gab
• Jab
• Lab
• Nab
• Tab
• Crab
• Slab
• Scab

ack Word Family List

• Attack
• Back
• Black
• Crack
• Hack
• Jack
• Knack
• Lack
• Pack
• Quack
• Rack
• Sack
• Snack
• Stack
• Tack
• Track
• Whack
• Zack
• Smack
• Slack
• Clack
• Brack
• Shack
• Frack

ad Word Family List

• Ad
• Bad
• Brad
• Cad
• Clad
• Dad
• Doodad
• Glad
• Had
• Lad
• Mad
• Pad
• Sad
• Fad
• Grad
• Jad
• Rad
• Tad

age Word Family List

• Age
• Cage
• Engage
• Rage
• Sage
• Stage
• Wage
• Page
• Manage
• Disengage
• Carriage
• Baggage
• Marriage
• Passage

ag Word Family List

• Bag
• Nag
• Wag
• Brag
• Rag
• Beanbag
• Drag
• Sag
• Handbag
• Flag
• Shag
• Zigzag
• Gag
• Snag
• Jag
• Stag
• Lag
• Tag
• Swag
• Ragtag
• Slag
• Ag

ail Word Family List

• Ail
• Fail
• Hail
• Jail
• Mail
• Nail
• Pail
• Rail
• Sail
• Snail
• Tail
• Wail
• Detail
• Email
• Thumbnail
• Trail
• Curtail

ain Word Family List

• Brain
• Chain
• Complain
• Explain
• Gain
• Grain
• Main
• Obtain
• Pain
• Plain
• Rain
• Slain
• Spain
• Sprain
• Stain
• Strain
• Train
• Vain
• Domain
• Maintain
• Contain
• Remain
• Entertain

ake Word Family List

• Awake
• Bake
• Brake
• Cake
• Fake
• Flake
• Jake
• Lake
• Make
• Quake
• Rake
• Sake
• Shake
• Snake
• Stake
• Take
• Wake
• Mistake
• Reawake
• Unmake

ale Word Family List

• Ale
• Bale
• Dale
• Gale
• Kale
• Male
• Pale
• Sale
• Scale
• Stale
• Tale
• Whale
• Exhale
• Inhale
• Hurdle

all Word Family List

• All
• Ball
• Call
• Fall
• Gall
• Hall
• Install
• Mall
• Small
• Squall
• Stall
• Tall
• Thrall
• Wall
• Recall
• Overhaul
• Outfall

am Word Family List

• Cam
• Clam
• Dam
• Dram
• Exam
• Gram
• Ham
• Jam
• Lam
• Pam
• Ram
• Sam
• Scam
• Slam
• Spam
• Swam
• Tam
• Tram
• Wham
• Yam
• Reexam
• Grandam
• Unjam

an Word Family List

• An
• Ban
• Bran
• Can
• Clan
• Dan
• Fan
• Flan
• Fran
• Jan
• Japan
• Man
• Pan
• Pecan
• Plan
• Ran
• Scan
• Span
• Stan
• Tan
• Than
• Van
• Began
• Darn
• Skan

ank Word Family List

• Bank
• Blank
• Crank
• Dank
• Drank
• Flank
• Frank
• Hank
• Plank
• Prank
• Rank
• Sank
• Shrank
• Spank
• Tank
• Thank
• Yank
• Brank

ap Word Family List

• Cap
• Clap
• Flap
• Gap
• Lap
• Map
• Nap
• Rap
• Sap
• Scrap
• Slap
• Snap
• Strap
• Tap
• Trap
• Wrap
• Yap
• Zap
• App
• Chap

ar Word Family List

• Afar
• Bar
• Car
• Czar
• Far
• Gar
• Guitar
• Jar
• Mar
• Par
• Scar
• Spar
• Star
• Tar
• Tsar
• Bazaar
• Charter
• Lark

ash Word Family List

• Ash
• Bash
• Brash
• Cash
• Clash
• Crash
• Dash
• Flash
• Gash
• Gnash
• Hash
• Lash
• Mash
• Rash
• Sash
• Slash
• Smash
• Splash
• Stash
• Thrash
• Trash
• Outlash
• Rehash
• Backlash
• Harsh

at Word Family List

• At
• Bat
• Brat
• Cat
• Chat
• Fat
• Flat
• Gnat
• Hat
• Mat
• Pat
• Rat
• Sat
• Slat
• Spat
• Tat
• That
• Vat
• Habitat
• Combat
• Stat

ate Word Family List

• Abate
• Ate
• Crate
• Date
• Debate
• Fate
• Gate
• Grate
• Hate
• Kate
• Late
• Mate
• Plate
• Rate
• Relate
• Sate
• Skate
• State
• Create
• Mediate
• Innovate
• Calculate
• Educate
• Celebrate

aw Word Family List

• Caw
• Claw
• Draw
• Flaw
• Gnaw
• Jaw
• Law
• Paw
• Raw
• Saw
• Slaw
• Straw
• Thaw
• Withdraw
• Outlaw
• Overdraw
• Shaw
• Coleslaw

ay Word Family List

• Away
• Bay
• Bray
• Clay
• Day
• Decay
• Delay
• Display
• Flay
• Gay
• Gray
• Hay
• Jay
• Lay
• May
• Nay
• Okay
• Pay
• Play
• Pray
• Quay
• Ray
• Relay
• Replay
• Say
• Slay
• Spray
• Stay
• Stray
• Sway
• They
• Today
• Tray
• Way
• Essay
• Prey
• Disobey
• Birthday

eat Word Family List

• Beat
• Cheat
• Cleat
• Eat
• Feat
• Greet
• Heat
• Meat
• Neat
• Peat
• Pleat
• Seat
• Treat
• Wheat
• Defeat
• Retreat
• Repeat
• Sweat
• Threat

eg Word Family List

• Peg
• Leg
• Meg
• Beg
• Seg
• Veg
• Neg
• Keg
• Egg
• Reg
• Pledge
• Hedge

et Word Family List

• Bet
• Forget
• Fret
• Get
• Jet
• Let
• Met
• Net
• Pet
• Puppet
• Set
• Vet
• Wet
• Yet
• Asset
• Cadet
• Epithet
• Quartet
• Sunset
• Alphabet

“eel,” “eep,” “eet” Word Family List

Eel:

• Eel
• Feel
• Heel
• Keel
• Kneel
• Peel
• Reel
• Steel
• Wheel

Eep:

• Beep
• Creep
• Deep
• Jeep
• Keep
• Peep
• Seep
• Sheep
• Sleep
• Steep
• Sweep
• Weep

Eet:

• Beet
• Feet
• Fleet
• Greet
• Meet
• Sheet
• Sleet
• Street
• Sweet
• Tweet

ell Word Family List

• Bell
• Cell
• Dell
• Dwell
• Farewell
• Fell
• Hell
• Sell
• Shell
• Smell
• Spell
• Swell
• Tell
• Well
• Yell
• Quell
• Excel
• Propel

en Word Family List

• Amen
• Ben
• Children
• Den
• Fen
• Gentlemen
• Glen
• Gwen
• Hen
• Men
• Open
• Pen
• Then
• Ten
• When
• Wren
• Yen
• Attend
• Send
• Spend

ent Word Family List

• Accent
• Bent
• Cent
• Dent
• Event
• Gent
• Lent
• Rent
• Scent
• Sent
• Spent
• Tent
• Vent
• Went
• Comment
• Present
• Intent
• Consent

est Word Family List

• Best
• Chest
• Crest
• Jest
• Nest
• Pest
• Quest
• Rest
• Test
• Unrest
• Vest
• West
• Zest
• Arrest
• Contest
• Invest
• Digest

ice Word Family List

• Dice
• Ice
• Mice
• Nice
• Price
• Rice
• Slice
• Spice
• Splice
• Thrice
• Twice
• Vice
• Device
• Concise
• Practice

ick Word Family List

• Brick
• Chick
• Click
• Flick
• Kick
• Lick
• Nick
• Pick
• Quick
• Rick
• Sick
• Slick
• Stick
• Thick
• Tick
• Trick
• Wick
• Bick

ide Word Family List

• Bride
• Decide
• Glide
• Hide
• Pride
• Ride
• Side
• Slide
• Stride
• Tide
• Wide
• Aside
• Collide
• Guide

life Word Family List

• Fife
• Knife
• Life
• Strife
• Wife
• Rife
• Brief

ight Word Family List

• Bright
• Delight
• Fight
• Flight
• Fright
• Height
• Knight
• Light
• Might
• Night
• Plight
• Right
• Sight
• Slight
• Tight
• Tonight
• Insight
• Outright

ile Word Family List

• Bile
• File
• Mile
• Nile
• Pile
• Rile
• Smile
• Stile
• Tile
• Vile
• While
• Compile
• Reconcile

ill Word Family List

• Bill
• Chill
• Dill
• Drill
• Fill
• Frill
• Gill
• Grill
• Hill
• Ill
• Jill
• Kill
• Krill
• Mill
• Pill
• Quill
• Shrill
• Sill
• Skill
• Spill
• Still
• Swill
• Thrill
• Till
• Trill
• Will

in Word Family List

• Bin
• Chin
• Din
• Fin
• Gin
• Grin
• In
• Kin
• Pin
• Shin
• Skin
• Sin
• Spin
• Thin
• Tin
• Twin
• Win
• Within
• Begin
• Reign

ine Word Family List

• Brine
• Decline
• Define
• Dine
• Fine
• Line
• Mine
• Nine
• Pine
• Shine
• Shrine
• Sine
• Spine
• Swine
• Tine
• Twine
• Vine
• Whine
• Combine
• Design

ing Word Family List

• Bring
• Cling
• Fling
• King
• Ping
• Ring
• Sing
• Sling
• Spring
• Sting
• String
• Swing
• Thing
• Wing
• Wring
• Zing
• Twinge
• Rinse

ink Word Family List

• Blink
• Brink
• Drink
• Fink
• Ink
• Link
• Mink
• Pink
• Rink
• Shrink
• Sink
• Stink
• Think
• Wink
• Reink

ip Word Family List

• Blip
• Chip
• Dip
• Drip
• Flip
• Grip
• Hip
• Lip
• Nip
• Quip
• Rip
• Ship
• Sip
• Skip
• Slip
• Snip
• Strip
• Tip
• Trip
• Whip
• Zip
• Clip

ig Word Family List

• Big
• Rig
• Wig
• Brig
• Sprig
• Shindig
• Dig
• Swig
• Fig
• Twig
• Gig
• Jig
• Pig
• Zig

og Word Family List

• Blog
• Bog
• Bullfrog
• Catalog
• Clog
• Cog
• Dog
• Eggnog
• Flog
• Fog
• Frog
• Hog
• Jog
• Leapfrog
• Log
• Polliwog
• Slog
• Smog
• Watchdog
• Waterlog

it Word Family List

• Admit
• Bit
• Fit
• Flit
• Grit
• Hit
• Kit
• Knit
• Lit
• Mit
• Pit
• Quit
• Sit
• Skit
• Slit
• Snit
• Spit
• Split
• Twit
• Wit
• Benefit
• Commit

oat Word Family List

• Boat
• Coat
• Float
• Gloat
• Goat
• Oat
• Stoat
• Throat
• Roat
• Moat

ock Word Family List

• Block
• Clock
• Cock
• Crock
• Dock
• Flock
• Frock
• Hock
• Jock
• Knock
• Lock
• Mock
• O’clock
• Rock
• Shock
• Smock
• Sock
• Stock
• Unblock
• Overclock

og Word Family List

• Blog
• Bog
• Catalog
• Clog
• Cog
• Dog
• Fog
• Frog
• Hog
• Jog
• Log
• Slog
• Smog
• Unclog
• Frogman

oil Word Family List

• Boil
• Broil
• Coil
• Foil
• Oil
• Soil
• Spoil
• Toil
• Recoil
• Uncoil

oke Word Family List

• Awoke
• Bloke
• Broke
• Choke
• Joke
• Poke
• Smoke
• Spoke
• Stoke
• Stroke
• Woke
• Yoke
• Revoke
• Envoke

oot Word Family List

• Blot
• Bot
• Clot
• Cot
• Dot
• Forgot
• Got
• Hot
• Jot
• Knot
• Lot
• Not
• Plot
• Pot
• Rot
• Shot
• Slot
• Spot
• Tot
• Trot
• Boot

Op Word Family List

• Bop
• Chop
• Cop
• Crop
• Drop
• Flop
• Hop
• Lop
• Mop
• Plop
• Pop
• Prop
• Sop
• Shop
• Stop
• Top
• Clop
• Elope
• Gallop
• Slop

Ore Word Family List

• Bore
• Chore
• Core
• Fore
• Gore
• Lore
• More
• Ore
• Pore
• Score
• Shore
• Sore
• Spore
• Store
• Swore
• Tore
• Wore
• Yore
• Before
• Encore
• Explore
• Ignore
• Restore

Orn Word Family List

• Adorn
• Born
• Corn
• Forlorn
• Horn
• Morn
• Scorn
• Shorn
• Thorn
• Torn
• Worn
• Suborn
• Unborn
• Overworn
• Outworn

Ot Word Family List

• Apricot
• Blot
• Bot
• Clot
• Cot
• Dot
• Forgot
• Got
• Hot
• Jot
• Knot
• Lot
• Not
• Plot
• Pot
• Rot
• Shot
• Slot
• Spot
• Tot
• Trot
• Robot
• Jackpot
• Boycot
• Mascot
• Parrot

Ought Word Family List

• Bought
• Brought
• Fought
• Ought
• Sought
• Thought
• Wrought
• Distraught
• Overwrought
• Outfought

Ould Word Family List

• Could
• Should
• Would
• Mould
• Scould
• Behold

Ouse Word Family List

• Douse
• Grouse
• House
• Louse
• Mouse
• Spouse
• Rouse
• Souse
• Blouse
• Carouse

Out Word Family List

• About
• Bout
• Clout
• Gout
• Grout
• Out
• Lout
• Pout
• Scout
• Shout
• Snout
• Spout
• Stout
• Tout
• Trout
• Breakout
• Knockout
• Burnout
• Layout
• Lookout

Ow Word Family List

• Bow
• Cow
• Chow
• How
• Now
• Plow
• Sow
• Vow
• Wow
• Ow
• Blow
• Crow
• Flow
• Glow
• Grow
• Low
• Mow
• Row
• Show
• Slow
• Snow
• Stow
• Throw
• Tow
• Own
• Brown
• Crown
• Down
• Drown
• Frown
• Gown
• Nightgown
• Town
• Allow
• Plough
• Outflow

Uck Word Family List

• Buck
• Chuck
• Cluck
• Duck
• Luck
• Muck
• Puck
• Pluck
• Stuck
• Struck
• Truck
• Tuck
• Yuck
• Chuk

Ug Word Family List

• Bug
• Dug
• Hug
• Jug
• Lug
• Mug
• Plug
• Pug
• Rug
• Shrug
• Smug
• Snug
• Thug
• Tug
• Slug
• Snugly

Ump Word Family List

• Bump
• Clump
• Dump
• Grump
• Hump
• Jump
• Lump
• Plump
• Pump
• Rump
• Slump
• Stump
• Thump
• Trump
• Gump

Un Word Family List

• Bun
• Fun
• Gun
• Nun
• Pun
• Run
• Shun
• Spun
• Stun
• Sun
• Brimstone
• Crum (rare)

Unk Word Family List

• Bunk
• Chunk
• Drunk
• Dunk
• Flunk
• Funk
• Hunk
• Junk
• Lunk
• Plunk
• Punk
• Skunk
• Slunk
• Spunk
• Sunk
• Trunk
• Munk

Ub Word Families List

• Grub
• Sub
• Club
• Scrub
• Tub
• Rub
• Shrub
• Cub
• Stub
• Nubby

Up Word Families List

• Cup
• Pickup
• Pup
• Roundup
• Up
• Stickup
• Backup
• Teacup
• Checkup
• Buttercup
• Hiccup
• Lineup
• Makeup
• Sup (informal)

Ut Word Families List

• But
• Cut
• Gut
• Hut
• Jut
• Nut
• Rut
• Tut
• Glut
• Shut
• Smut
• Strut
• Input
• Output

Wh Word Families List

• What
• Whatever
• Who
• Whoever
• Whom
• Whomever
• Whose
• Which
• Whichever
• When
• Whenever
• Where
• Wherever
• Why
• While
• Whole
• White
• Whether
• Whip
• Wheel
• Whisper
• Wheelchair
• Wheat
• Whiz
• Whittle

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