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The 37 most common word families in English (according to Wylie and Durrell) are: ack, ain, ake, ale, all, ame, an, ank, ap, ash, at, ate, aw ay, eat, ell, est, ice, ick, ide, ight, ill, in, ine, ing, ink, ip, it, ock, oke, op, ore, ot, uck ,ug, ump, unk.

Many of the nursery rhymes contain common word families. You can use these rhymes to teach these letter combinations (and how they are spelled and spoken), having the students sound them out after memorizing the rhyme. You can study one word family a week. Students can use the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary to look for more words that belong to word families.

The following is a list of the most common word families in English (from Wylie and Durrell, 1970, plus a few extra word families) and examples of each.

ack attack back black crack hack Jack knack lack pack quack rack sack snack stack tack track whack Zack

ad ad bad brad cad clad dad doodad glad had lad mad pad sad

age age cage engage rage sage stage wage

ail ail fail hail jail mail nail pail rail sail snail tail wail

ain brain chain complain explain gain grain main obtain pain plain rain slain Spain sprain stain strain train vain

ake awake bake brake cake fake flake Jake lake make quake rake sake shake snake stake take wake

ale ale bale dale gale kale male pale sale scale stale tale whale

all all ball call fall gall hall install mall small squall stall tall thrall wall

am cam clam dam dram exam gram ham jam lam ma'am Pam ram Sam scam slam spam swam tam tram wham yam

ame blame came fame flame frame game lame name same shame tame

an an ban bran can clan Dan fan flan Fran Jan Japan man pan pecan plan ran scan span Stan tan than van

ank bank blank crank dank drank flank frank Hank plank prank rank sank shrank spank tank thank yank

ap cap clap flap gap lap map nap rap sap scrap slap snap strap tap trap wrap yap zap

ar afar bar car czar far gar guitar jar mar par scar spar star tar tsar

ash ash bash brash cash clash crash dash flash gash gnash hash lash mash rash sash slash smash splash stash thrash trash

at at bat brat cat chat fat flat gnat hat mat pat rat sat slat spat tat that vat

ate abate ate crate date debate fate gate grate hate Kate late mate plate rate relate sate skate state

aw caw claw draw flaw gnaw jaw law paw raw saw slaw straw thaw

ay 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

eat beat cheat cleat eat feat greet heat meat neat peat pleat seat treat wheat

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 bell cell dell dwell farewell fell hell sell shell smell spell swell tell well yell

en amen Ben children den fen gentlemen glen Gwen hen men open pen then ten when wren yen

ent accent bent cent dent event gent lent rent scent sent spent tent vent went

est best chest crest jest nest pest quest rest test unrest vest west zest

ice dice ice mice nice price rice slice spice splice thrice twice vice

ick brick chick click flick kick lick nick pick quick Rick sick slick stick thick tick trick wick

ide bride decide glide hide pride ride side slide stride tide wide

ife fife knife life strife wife

ight bright delight fight flight fright height knight light might night plight right sight slight tight tonight

ile bile file mile Nile pile rile smile stile tile vile while

ill bill chill dill drill fill frill gill grill hill ill Jill kill krill mill pill quill shrill sill skill spill still swill thrill thrill till trill will

in bin chin din fin gin grin in kin pin shin skin sin spin thin tin twin win within

ine brine decline define dine fine line mine nine pine shine shrine sine spine swine tine twine vine whine wine

ing bring cling fling king ping ring sing sling spring sting string swing thing wing wring zing

ink blink brink drink fink ink link mink pink rink shrink sink stink think wink

ip blip chip dip drip flip grip hip lip nip quip rip ship sip skip slip snip strip tip trip whip zip

it admit bit fit flit grit hit it kit knit lit mit pit quit sit skit slit snit spit split twit wit

oat boat coat float gloat goat oat stoat throat

ock block clock cock crock dock flock frock hock jock knock lock mock o'clock rock shock smock sock stock

og blog bog catalog clog cog dog fog frog hog jog log slog smog

oil boil broil coil foil oil soil spoil toil

oke awoke bloke broke choke joke poke smoke spoke stoke stroke woke yoke

oo boo coo goo igloo moo shoo too woo zoo

ood good hood stood wood

ood brood food mood

oof goof proof roof spoof

oof hoof woof

ook book brook cook crook hook look nook rook shook took

oom bloom boom broom doom gloom groom loom room zoom

ool cool drool fool pool spool stool tool

oon balloon goon loon moon noon soon spoon swoon

oop coop droop hoop loop scoop snoop stoop troop

oot (long oo) boot hoot scoot shoot

oot (short oo) foot soot

op bop chop cop crop drop flop hop lop mop plop pop prop sop shop stop top

ore bore chore core fore gore lore more ore pore score shore sore spore store swore tore wore yore

orn adorn born corn forlorn horn morn scorn shorn thorn torn worn

ot apricot blot bot clot cot dot forgot got hot jot knot lot not plot pot rot shot slot spot tot trot

ought bought brought fought ought sought thought wrought

ould could should would

ouse douse grouse house louse mouse spouse

out about bout clout gout grout out lout pout scout shout snout spout stout tout trout

ow (rhymes with cow) bow cow chow how now plow sow vow wow

ow (rhymes with low) bow blow crow flow glow grow low mow row show slow snow sow stow throw tow

own brown crown down drown frown gown nightgown town

uck buck chuck cluck duck luck muck puck pluck stuck struck truck tuck yuck

ug bug dug hug jug lug mug plug pug rug shrug smug snug thug tug

ump bump clump dump grump hump jump lump plump pump rump slump stump thump trump

un bun fun gun nun pun run shun spun stun sun

unk bunk chunk drunk dunk flunk funk hunk junk lunk plunk punk skunk slunk spunk sunk trunk

Books to Print About Word Families

Words that Rhyme with Ad A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ad' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: dad, glad, lad, mad, pad, sad, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ad?"	Words that Rhyme with Ail A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ail' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: mail, nail, pail, quail, snail, tail, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ail?"	Words that Rhyme with Ake A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ake' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bake, cake, flake, lake, snake, rake, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ake?"	Words that Rhyme with All A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'all' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: ball, call, fall, hall, small, tall, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with all?"
"AN" Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the "an" sound, like can, fan, man, van, and pan. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Dan ran. Fran has a can. Jan can use a fan. The man has a van. The plan began. A pecan is in the pan. Nan is from Japan.	Words that Rhyme with Ar A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ar' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bar, car, far, jar, scar, star, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ar?"	"AT" Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the "at" sound, like cat, hat, rat, vat, and mat. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Matt is at bat. Pat has a hat. This is a fat cat. Nat sat on a mat. The bat spat. The rat is in the vat. Drat, a gnat.	'At' Words Mini Book A Printable Writing Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'at' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: cat, cat, hat, fat, rat, sat, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with at?"
"EN" Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the "en" sound, like pen, hen, and when. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Ben has a pen. There are ten men. Glen saw a hen. The wren is in the fen. Gwen asked, "When?" and Ken said, "Then!"	Words that Rhyme with Ig A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ig' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: big, dig, fig, pig, twig, wig, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ig?"	NURSERY RHYMES COLORING BOOK A Mother Goose nursery rhyme coloring book you can print out, read, and color.	Words that Rhyme with Ool A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ool' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: school, tool, stool, spool, pool, fool, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ool?"
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY A booklet to print and color.	Rhyming Words A Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about rhyming words -- for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, objects to color, and rhyming words to find and write.	Words that Rhyme with Ug A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ug' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bug, dug, jug, mug, pug, rug, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ug?"

Word Wheels on Word Families

Word Wheel - AKE Words "AKE" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "ake" are formed, one at a time: rake, cake, bake, snake, flake, and lake. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending.	Word Wheel - AN Words "AN" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "an" are formed, one at a time: pan, fan, man, ran, can, and van. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. FREE	Word Wheel - AR Words "AR" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "ar" are formed, one at a time: bar, scar, star, car, far, and jar. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending.	Word Wheel - AT Words "AT" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "at" are formed, one at a time: cat, hat, vat, rat, fat, and bat. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending.
Word Wheel - EN Words "EN" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "en" are formed, one at a time: hen, wren, men, ten, pen, and when. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending.	Make Words Word Wheel —a— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters c, f, g, h, l, p, t, and s. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ab, ad, am, an, ap, ar, as, and at. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: cab, gab, lab, tab, cad, fad, gad, lad, had, pad, sad, tad, cam, ham, tam, can, fan, pan, tan, cap, gap, lap, sap, tap, car, far, gar, par, tar, gas, has, cat, fat, hat, pat, sat, tat.	Make Words Word Wheel —e— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, g, h, l, m, p, s, and w. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: eb, ed, eg, em, en, er, et, and ew. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bed, beg, gem, get, hem, hen, her, hew, led, leg, let, men, met, mew, peg, pen, per, pet, pew, set, sew, web, wed, wen, wet.	Make Words Word Wheel —i— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, d, f, h, l, r, s, and w. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ib, id, ig, im, in, ip, it, and ix. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bib, bid, big, bin, bit, did, dig, dim, din, dip, fig, fin, fit, fix, hid, hip, hit, lid, lip, lit, rib, rid, rig, rim, rip, sin, sip, sir, six, wig, win, wit.
Make Words Word Wheel —o— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, c, d, h, p, r, s, and t. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ob, od, og, on, op, ot, ow, and ox. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bob, bog, bot, bow, box, cob, cod, cog, con, cop, coy, cow, hod, hog, hop, hot, how, lob, log, lop, lot, low, lox, mob, mod, mop, mow, nod, not, now, sob, sod, son, sow, ton, top, tot, and tow.	Make Words Word Wheel —u— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, c, d, h, p, r, s, and t. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ub, ud, ug, un, up, ur, us, and ut. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bud, bug, bun, bus, but, cub, cud, cup, cus, cut, dub, dud, dug, dun, hub, hug, hut, pub, pug, pun, pup, pus, put, rub, rug, run, rut, sub, sun, sup, tub, tug.

Activities About Word Families

Words that Rhyme with ... Worksheets On these printable worksheets, the student writes six words that rhyme with a simple sound. Worksheets including the sounds: ad, ag, ake, all, an, ap, ar, at, ate, ay, ed, ee, ell, en, est, et, ig, ink, ing, ip, og, and op, ot, un.

Word families used in Nursery Rhymes:

Bees: ay, may, hay.

The Boy in the Barn: ay, hay, away.

Curly Locks: ine, mine, swine.

Five Speckled Frogs: og, frog, log; ool, cool, pool.

Georgie Porgie: ay, play, away.

Hey Diddle Diddle: iddle, diddle, fiddle; oon, spoon, moon.

Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen: en, hen, gentlemen; ay, day, lay.

Hickory Dickory Dock: ock, dock, clock; ive, five, hive; ine, nine, fine.

Humpty Dumpty: all, wall, fall.

Hush A Bye Baby: all, all, fall.

I'm a Little Teapot: out, out, spout, stout.

Jack and Jill: ill, Jill, hill; own, down, crown.

Jack Be Nimble: ick, quick, stick.

Knick Knack Paddy Whack: ee, three, knee; ive, five, hive; ine, nine, shine; en, ten, hen, eleven, heaven.

Little Bo Peep: eep, peep, sheep.

Little Boy Blue: orn, horn, corn; eep, sheep, asleep.

Little Jack Horner: horner, corner.

Little Mouse: ouse, mouse, house; eal, steal, meal; out, about; un, fun, run; eep, creep, peep.

Little Sally Walker: est, west, best.

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: ary, Mary, contrary; ow, row, grow; ells, shells, bells.

Mockingbird: ing, ring, sing; brass, glass.

Monday's Child: ace, grace, face; ing, giving, living; ay, day, gay.

The Northwind Doth Blow: ow, blow, snow; ing, wing, thing.

Old Mother Hubbard: ead, bread, dead; at, cat, hat; ig, wig, jig; oat, coat, goat.

One, Two, Buckle my Shoe: en, ten, hen; twelve, delve.

One, Two, Three, Four, Five: ive, alive, five.

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-eater: ell, shelll, well.

Rain, Rain: ay, away, day.

Rub-a-Dub-Dub: ub, dub, tub; ee, be, three.

See-Saw Marjorie Daw: aw, Daw, saw, straw.

Sing a Song of Sixpence: ing, king, sing; oney, money, honey.

Star Light, Star Bright : ight, light, bright, night.

Ten Little Monkeys: ed, bed, head.

There was a Crooked Man: ile, mile, stile; ouse, mouse, house.

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly: at, cat, that; og, hog, dog; ow, cow, how.

Three Blind Mice: ife, wife, knife.

Three Little Kittens: en, kitten, mitten; ear, dear, fear.

To Market: ig, pig, jig; og, hog, jog.

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son: eat, eat, beat.

Tommy Tittlemouse: ouse, Tittlemouse, house.

Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee: attle, battle, rattle.

Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,: orn, corn, thorn; ock, lock, flock; est, west, nest.

Wee Willie Winkie: own, town, nightgown; ock, lock, o'clock.

What Are Little Girls Made Of? What Are Little Boys Made Of?: ice, spice, nice; ails, snails, tails.

Yankee Doodle: andy, dandy, handy; ing, Gooding, pudding.