5th Grade Spelling Lists
These 5th grade spelling lists include words from several subject areas, as well as all-around helpful words.
Use the words on this page for spelling practice and quizzes, for spelling exercises and language activities. Don't miss the links to more spelling lists at the bottom of the page!
5th Grade Spelling Lists: Math
Here are vocabulary words from several 5th grade math programs. They are arranged alphabetically in two lists of 45 words each. How many do your fifth graders know?
- acute
- addend
- algebra
- angle
- associative
- average
- axis
- billion
- calculation
- capacity
- centimeter
- circumference
- comparison
- composite
- congruent
- coordinate
- corresponding
- cylinder
- data
- decagon
- decimal
- degrees
- denominator
- diagram
- diameter
- difference
- distributive
- dividend
- divisible
- divisibility
- elapsed
- equilateral
- equivalent
- estimation
- exponent
- expression
- factors
- factorization
- fraction
- frequency
- function
- geometry
- hexagon
- horizontal
- hundredths
- identity
- improper
- interpreting
- intersection
- irregular
- isosceles
- kilogram
- kilometer
- liter
- length
- measurement
- median
- metric
- milligram
- milliliter
- millimeter
- multiplication
- multiplying
- numerator
- obtuse
- octagon
- parallel
- parallelogram
- pentagon
- perimeter
- perpendicular
- polygon
- prism
- probability
- pyramid
- quadrilateral
- quotient
- rectangular
- rhombus
- sequence
- simplifying
- sphere
- symmetry
- temperature
- thousandths
- trapezoid
- triangular
- vertex
- vertical
- weight
5th Grade Spelling Lists: Social Studies
- agriculture
- amendment
- archaeologist
- architecture
- atomic energy
- aviation
- bicentennial
- blockade
- boundary
- boycott
- canal
- canyon
- capital
- cartographer
- causeway
- citizen
- civilization
- colony
- commerce
- constitution
- continent
- culture
- democracy
- descendant
- desert
- diplomat
- earthquake
- elevation
- executive
- expedition
- export
- federal
- foreign
- geologist
- glacier
- gulf
- harbor
- hemisphere
- historian
- immigrant
- import
- inauguration
- independence
- inflation
- irrigate
- isthmus
- landlocked
- latitude
- league
- longitude
- maritime
- megalopolis
- metropolitan
- migratory
- monopoly
- mountain
- naturalize
- nuclear
- oasis
- ocean
- parliament
- patriot
- peninsula
- petroleum
- pioneer
- plateau
- population
- poverty
- proclamation
- province
- quarry
- ratify
- referendum
- refugee
- representative
- republic
- sanitation
- savanna
- secede
- subsistence
- survey
- synthetic
- telegraph
- tenement
- terraces
- transcontinental
- tundra
- union
- urban
- zoning
5th Grade Words: Science
- adaptation
- anemometer
- atmosphere
- barometer
- behavior
- carbon dioxide
- climate
- cocoon
- condense
- cumulus
- current
- environment
- erosion
- eruption
- evaporate
- fertilization
- forecast
- forest
- friction
- fulcrum
- germinate
- glacier
- gravity
- habitat
- hibernate
- hurricane
- instinct
- kinetic
- lightning
- magma
- mammal
- marsupial
- metamorphosis
- meteorologist
- niche
- organism
- oxygen
- plankton
- plateau
- pollination
- potential
- precipitation
- predator
- pulley
- reforestation
- response
- satellite
- seedling
- society
- stimulus
- status
- temperature
- thunder
- tormadoes
- tremor
- tundra
- volcanoes
- water vapor
- weather
- wetland
More Fifth Grade Spelling Lists
If the words above aren't quite enough, please look at these popular word lists here at Spelling-Words-Well.
5th grade spelling words - A gigantic list of 300 words typically included in fifth grade spelling programs. Use these for making your own spelling word games, worksheets or extra oral practice. Here's a peek at a few of the words.
5th grade spelling bee words - A list of 100 words, arranged from easiest to most challenging. A good "short list" for your fifth graders to use and practice. Most of these words also appear on our master list of 300 words.
5th Grade Vocabulary Words - 100 words in ten categories to engage your students in topics such as sports, adjectives, people, places, social studies, fruits and more! How about a game of hilarious racquetball on a tundra with a cartographer?
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