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Irregularly Spelled High-Frequency Words

What are irregularly spelled high-frequency words? A set of high-frequency words that readers cannot "sound out" because they do not have dependable grapheme phoneme relationships. Only about 12% of high-frequency words are irregular, the remaining high-frequency words can be decoded.

New to irregularly spelled high-frequency words? Start with our step-by-step skill explainer on irregularly spelled high-frequency words.

Looking for teaching materials? Explore our irregularly spelled high-frequency words resources below.

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