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Double consonant words

Twenty words with a doubled letter in the middle: rabbit, letter, happy. Each has what it means. Open them in SpellKitty and the kitty says each word while your child spells it out loud.

What the list is

A short vowel before the double letter is the clue: “rab-bit”, “let-ter”. Saying the two letters out loud, one after the other, is exactly the habit the spelling needs.

Double consonant words20 words
  1. rabbit a hopper with long ears
  2. letter a note you send
  3. happy feeling glad
  4. summer the hot season
  5. butter a spread made from cream
  6. kitten a baby cat
  7. puppy a baby dog
  8. dinner the evening meal
  9. yellow the color of the sun
  10. little small
  11. bubble a ball of air in soap
  12. pepper a spice that bites
  13. hammer a tool that hits nails
  14. button it fastens a shirt
  15. ladder steps you climb
  16. mitten a glove with no fingers
  17. ribbon a thin strip of cloth
  18. pillow soft, under your head
  19. cotton a soft white fiber
  20. balloon a bag of air that floats
QR code that opens Double consonant words in SpellKitty

Play these words in SpellKitty. On an iPhone or iPad with the app, open this list or scan the code, and the words go straight in. Without the app it opens a page that shows the list.

How to practice them

A few words at a time, a little every day. Say each word, use it in a sentence, then spell it out loud letter by letter. Go back to the ones that were missed first next time.

Using your child’s own list

If the school sends home a weekly list, type or paste those words into SpellKitty instead, up to thirty, with a meaning after a dash if you like. Your first list is free; more lists come with SpellKitty Pro. Opening a shared list is always free. Or make the list here and open it on the phone with a link or a code.

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