Sight-word list · Fry · 100 words
Fry first 100
The 100 most frequent words in written English — about half of everything ever printed.
- Age
- Ages 3–11
- Skill
- Reading
- Format
- Interactive
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Before the lesson
Fry overlaps Dolch on purpose — both chase frequency. Use this list as the review deck: any word here that still stumbles a reader is worth a week of its own.
Play these words
Games pre-loaded with this list:
Printable checklist
Prints as a clean checklist — one box per word, room for a date.
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Related resources
Flashcards
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The last 41 Dolch words — together, myself, laugh. After these, it's just reading.
Flashcards
Pre-primer
The 40 words that start it all — the ones a child meets in their very first books.