🍁 Canadian spelling
Grade 6 Spelling Words (Canadian)
A free Grade 6 spelling list using Canadian spellings, the way words are marked in Canadian classrooms. Print it, or turn any group into a game in one tap.
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🍁 Canadian note: Grade 6 features the tricky -ce/-se distinction unique to Canadian English: licence (noun) vs license (verb), defence, offence. American English drops these distinctions entirely, so US word lists actively teach the wrong forms.
The Grade 6 list
🍁 Canadian-spelling words
licencedefenceoffence
pretencepractiseadvise
Exerciseadvertiseenterprise
Advanced tricky words
conscienceprejudiceprivilege
accommodatecommitteeoccurrence
perseveranceexaggeratefluorescent
Academic vocabulary
sufficientefficientcoefficient
consequencesignificancecircumstance
independencecorrespondencemagnificent
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