| am | an | as | at | rat | sat |
| cat | bad | mad | pad |
| fan | pan | ran | tan | van | cap |
| map | nap | rap | jam | ham |
| bed | led | red | wed | beg | leg |
| hen | den | men | jet |
| let | met | net | pet | set | yet |
| fell | bell | sell | nest | zest |
| test | pest | rest | jest | tent | rent |
| sent | went | felt | pelt | melt |
| if | it | is | bit | hit | sit |
| rid | lid | sip | tip |
| on | ox | got | cot | jot | lot |
| cob | job | rob | sob |
| cod | God | nod | pod | rod | log |
| hog | dog | box | hop |
| up | us | cub | hub | rub | bud |
| mud | dug | mug | pug | tug | jug |
| sum |
| bun | run | sun | rut | hung | lung |
| sung | gush | dust | must | rust | gust |
| drum |
| man | fin | fit | hot | rug | lap |
| get | dim | rot | hum | pat |
| ten | mix | fun | tap | wet | hid |
| dot | hut | had | peg | his |
| cut | had | den | did | sod | fun |
| fog | tub | bet | hug | dip |
| fog | gun | did | gum | nag | bet |
| pen | cog | flog | help | lift | rush |
| date | late | mate | jade | fade | rate |
| came | same | cage | page | lace | wake |
| me | fee | feel | seek | we | she |
| feed | meek | beef | heed | deed | keep |
| reel | weed | deep | peep | weep |
| pile | file | mile | dike | like | fire |
| tire | life | rife | wife | hide | ride |
| code | node | rove | jolt | molt | bolt |
| bone | cone | hone | tone | hope | rope |
| cope | note | vote | hold |
| lure | cure | pure | cube | tube | mute |
| dune | use | huge | cue |
| crab | grab | drab | slab | stab | brag |
| cram | clan | clad | dash |
| bled | fled | sled | sped | then | bent |
| best | vest | west | chip |
| ship | whip | slip | drip | spit | crib |
| gift | king | grit |
| shot | blot | spot | plot | trot | clog |
| frog | plod | stop | clod |
| bump | lump | pump | jump | hump | bulk |
| just | drug | shut | hush |
| card | hard | bark | dark | hint | lint |
| mint | tint | deal | meal | neat |
| heat | bang | fang | gang | hang | rang |
| tank | rank | sank | hank | dank | dime |
Spelling Lists Based on McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, by W. H. McGuffey.