Why is there a separate list for 7th grade?

The classic demons like friend and because are usually settled by now. Seventh grade writing brings longer words with their own traps, like accommodate, acknowledge, and occasionally, so the list moves up with it.

How many words should my 7th grader practice at once?

Ten a sheet is plenty. Work the sheet, keep the words your student missed, and print one more sheet the next day. A missed word comes back until it is written right twice in a row.

7th grade commonly misspelled words

7th grade commonly misspelled words worksheets

Seventh graders get their own list of middle school demons: accommodate, acknowledge, dilemma, receipt, threshold. Each word has one spot where people go wrong. Students say the word, name that spot, cover it, and write it from memory.

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The kind of words you'll practice

Say each word, then cover it. Write it twice from memory, and check your spelling.

leisureconsensusaccommodatedependentappearancefierydisastrousacknowledge

Each word sits beside a fold line with two write-on lines: read it, cover it, write it from memory twice, then uncover and check.

Every print pulls a new set of words at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.

What's on a 7th grade sheet

7th grade sheets draw from 40 words, 8 to a page. None of these words are on 6th grade sheets.

Some of the words:

curiositydilemmaembarrassmentfourthmedievalmementopastimereferencerhymehindrance

Cover and write. Say each word, then cover it. Write it twice from memory, and check your spelling. 8 words per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with a word list on the last page.

How to teach this

Ask for the trap before the word. Accommodate has two c's and two m's, dilemma has two m's and no n, receipt hides a p. Then have your student cover the word and write it. Keep a running list of the words they miss in their own essays and add them to the next sheet's practice.

Watch for: These words are not hard everywhere; each is hard in ONE spot. Naming the trap before writing points a spotlight at exactly the letters that bite. Sounding out is the enemy on this page: these are the words English spells against its own sound rules, which is precisely why everyone misspells them.

Common questions about 7th grade commonly misspelled words

Why is there a separate list for 7th grade?: The classic demons like friend and because are usually settled by now. Seventh grade writing brings longer words with their own traps, like accommodate, acknowledge, and occasionally, so the list moves up with it.
How many words should my 7th grader practice at once?: Ten a sheet is plenty. Work the sheet, keep the words your student missed, and print one more sheet the next day. A missed word comes back until it is written right twice in a row.

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Aligned to Common Core L.7.2.b. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated October 2026.

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