Dr. Phyllis Fischer’s

The Word Lists

These carefully constructed, extensive word lists contain more than 6500 one- and two-syllable words, grouped by syllable structure and by vowel, consonant, rhyme, and accent patterns. They are valuable tools for understanding such patterns and for creating lessons and materials to teach them. (These are the word lists mentioned in Sally Shaywitz's book, Overcoming Dyslexia.)

Word Lists 1: The Monosyllables

More than 3500 one-syllable English words, grouped by syllable structure and subdivided by consonant and/or rhyme, with six pages of notes. The list pages are color-coded by vowel.

1. Closed Syllables with Single Consonants

2. Closed Syllables with Single-Sound Consonant Teams

3. Closed Syllables with Beginning Consonant Blends and Ending Single Consonants or Single-Sound Consonant Teams

4. Closed Syllables with Ending Consonant Blends and Beginning Single Consonants or Single-Sound Consonant Teams

5. Closed Syllables with Beginning and Ending Consonant Blends

6. Closed Syllables with Less Common Consonant Teams

7. Magic-E Syllables with Single Consonants

8. Magic-E Syllables with Single-Sound Consonant Teams and Consonant Blends

9. Marker-E Words in Which the E Does Not Control the Vowel Sound

10. Open Syllables

11. Vowel-Team Syllables

12. Vowel-R
Vowel-R Closed Syllables and Marker-E words
Vowel-R Magic-E Syllables
Vowel-R-Vowel-Team Syllables

Word Lists 2: Two-Syllable Words

Richly annotated lists of more than 3000 two-syllable English words, including the consonant-l-e words, sorted by vowel sound, and words with the VCCV and VCV patterns, sorted by syllable, accent pattern, and grade level.