The Letter N
The letter n makes the sound heard in the words nail, snake and fun. This consonant sound ranks in the very common category along with its counterparts: r and t. The letter N when paired with the letter G makes the sound heard in the words sing and ring. In some words, the letter N can be silent, e.g., column.
Letter N Worksheets
We created worksheets to help your child practice forming the letter n correctly. Ideally, letters should be formed from top to bottom and left to right with a continuous stroke when possible. The uppercase N is formed as follows: down, lift, slant down and straight up. The lowercase n is formed as follows: down, up and hump.
Letter N Worksheet 1
We offer a free printable worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the upper- and lowercase letter n.
Letter N Worksheet 2
We offer a free printable worksheet that focuses on the uppercase letter n. We encourage a child to say, trace and write the uppercase letter n.
Letter N Worksheet 3
We offer a free printable worksheet that focuses on the lowercase letter n. We encourage a child to say, trace and write the lowercase letter n.
Letter N Worksheet 4
We offer a free printable worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the upper- and lowercase letter n.
Letter N Worksheet 5
We offer a free printable worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the upper- and lowercase letter n.
Letter N Worksheet 6
We offer a free printable worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the upper- and lowercase letter n. We also included a fun game – circle the items that begin with the letter n.
Words with the Letter N
The table below contains a list of words with the letter n. We also indicate the location of the /n/ sound – beginning (initial), middle (medial) or ending (final). Our list contains 540 words; please use our search feature to narrow results. If you are introducing the letter n for the first time, consider using simple one syllable words, e.g., nun, no and sun.
| Letter N Words | Sound |
|---|---|
| an | finial |
| anchor | medial |
| angry | medial |
| animal | medial |
| another | medial |
| answer | medial |
| ant | medial |
| any | medial |
| anyone | medial |
| anything | medial |
| apron | final |
| around | medial |
| aunt | medial |
| ban | final |
| banana | medial |
| band | medial |
| bandage | medial |
| banjo | medial |
| bank | medial |
| barn | final |
| bean | final |
| begin | final |
| Ben | final |
| bench | medial |
| bend | medial |
| beneath | medial |
| bent | medial |
| between | final |
| bin | final |
| bind | medial |
| binoculars | medial |
| blanch | medial |
| bland | medial |
| blank | medial |
| blanket | medial |
| blend | medial |
| blind | medial |
| blink | medial |
| blond | medial |
| blown | final |
| blunt | medial |
| bond | medial |
| bone | final |
| bongo | medial |
| born | final |
| bounce | medial |
| bound | medial |
| brain | final |
| bran | final |
| branch | medial |
| brand | medial |
| brawn | final |
| brine | final |
| brink | medial |
| brown | final |
| brunch | medial |
| bun | final |
| bunch | medial |
| bunk | medial |
| bunny | medial |
| bunt | medial |
| burn | final |
| can | final |
| candle | medial |
| candy | medial |
| cane | final |
| cannot | medial |
| can't | medial |
| canteen | medial / final |
| canyon | medial / final |
| cent | medial |
| certain | final |
| chain | final |
| chance | medial |
| chant | medial |
| chicken | final |
| chin | final |
| chink | medial |
| chunk | medial |
| churn | final |
| cinch | medial |
| clan | final |
| clank | medial |
| clean | final |
| clench | medial |
| clinch | medial |
| clink | medial |
| clone | final |
| clown | final |
| coin | final |
| cone | final |
| corn | final |
| count | medial |
| country | medial |
| county | medial |
| crane | final |
| crank | medial |
| crayon | final |
| crown | final |
| crunch | medial |
| curtain | final |
| Dan | final |
| dance | medial |
| dank | medial |
| darn | final |
| dawn | final |
| dean | final |
| den | final |
| dense | medial |
| dent | medial |
| din | final |
| dine | final |
| diner | medial |
| dinner | medial |
| dinosaur | medial |
| doughnut | medial |
| down | final |
| drain | final |
| drank | medial |
| drawn | final |
| drench | medial |
| drink | medial |
| drone | final |
| drown | final |
| dunk | medial |
| eighteen | final |
| end | medial |
| enough | medial |
| enter | medial |
| envelope | medial |
| even | final |
| faint | medial |
| fan | final |
| fawn | final |
| fence | medial |
| fend | medial |
| fern | medial |
| fifteen | final |
| fin | final |
| finch | medial |
| find | medial |
| fine | final |
| flan | final |
| flank | medial |
| flaunt | medial |
| flinch | medial |
| flown | final |
| flunk | medial |
| fond | medial |
| found | medial |
| fourteen | final |
| France | medial |
| Frank | medial |
| French | medial |
| front | medial |
| frown | final |
| fun | final |
| funk | medial |
| funny | medial |
| furniture | medial |
| gain | final |
| garden | final |
| gent | medial |
| glance | medial |
| gland | medial |
| glean | final |
| glen | final |
| glint | medial |
| gone | final |
| gown | final |
| grain | final |
| grant | medial |
| green | final |
| grin | final |
| grind | medial |
| groan | final |
| groin | final |
| ground | medial |
| grown | final |
| grunt | medial |
| gun | final |
| hand | medial |
| hank | medial |
| haunt | medial |
| heaven | final |
| hen | final |
| hence | medial |
| hind | medial |
| hint | medial |
| honey | medial |
| honor | medial |
| horn | final |
| hound | medial |
| hunch | medial |
| hundred | medial |
| hung | medial |
| hungry | medial |
| hunk | medial |
| hunt | medial |
| in | final |
| inch | medial |
| insect | medial |
| inside | medial |
| instead | medial |
| into | medial |
| iron | final |
| island | medial |
| Jane | final |
| January | medial |
| jeans | medial |
| Joan | final |
| join | final |
| June | final |
| junk | medial |
| Ken | final |
| Kent | medial |
| kin | final |
| kind | medial |
| kink | medial |
| known | final |
| lain | final |
| lance | medial |
| land | medial |
| lane | final |
| lank | medial |
| lawn | final |
| lean | final |
| learn | final |
| lemon | final |
| lemonade | medial |
| lend | medial |
| lent | medial |
| line | final |
| link | medial |
| lint | medial |
| lion | final |
| listen | final |
| loan | final |
| loin | final |
| lone | final |
| long | medial |
| loon | final |
| lunch | medial |
| magnet | medial |
| main | final |
| man | final |
| mane | final |
| mango | medial |
| many | medial |
| mean | final |
| melon | final |
| men | final |
| mend | medial |
| mince | medial |
| mind | medial |
| mine | final |
| mink | medial |
| mint | medial |
| minute | medial |
| mitten | final |
| moan | final |
| Monday | medial |
| money | medial |
| monkey | medial |
| monster | medial |
| month | medial |
| moon | final |
| morn | final |
| mound | medial |
| mountain | final |
| mown | final |
| munch | medial |
| nail | initial |
| name | initial |
| nap | initial |
| napkin | initial / final |
| nature | initial |
| near | initial |
| nearly | initial |
| neat | initial |
| neck | initial |
| necklace | initial |
| need | initial |
| needle | initial |
| neighbor | initial |
| Neptune | initial |
| nest | initial |
| net | initial |
| never | initial |
| new | initial |
| news | initial |
| newspaper | initial |
| next | initial |
| nice | initial |
| nickel | initial |
| night | initial |
| nine | initial / final |
| nineteen | initial / final |
| ninety | initial / medial |
| no | initial |
| nobody | initial |
| nod | initial |
| noise | initial |
| none | initial / final |
| noon | initial / final |
| north | initial |
| nose | initial |
| not | initial |
| notebook | initial |
| nothing | initial |
| November | initial |
| now | initial |
| number | initial |
| nun | initial / final |
| nurse | initial |
| nut | initial |
| on | final |
| once | medial |
| one | final |
| onion | medial / final |
| open | final |
| oven | final |
| own | final |
| paint | medial |
| pan | final |
| pancake | medial |
| panda | medial |
| pane | final |
| pant | medial |
| pawn | final |
| peanut | medial |
| pecan | final |
| pen | final |
| pencil | medial |
| penguin | medial / final |
| penny | medial |
| person | final |
| phone | final |
| piano | medial |
| picnic | medial |
| pigeon | final |
| pin | final |
| pine | final |
| pink | medial |
| plain | final |
| plan | final |
| plane | final |
| planet | medial |
| plank | medial |
| plant | medial |
| plenty | medial |
| plunk | medial |
| point | medial |
| pond | medial |
| pony | medial |
| popcorn | final |
| pounce | medial |
| pound | medial |
| prance | medial |
| prank | medial |
| prawn | final |
| pretend | medial |
| prince | medial |
| princess | medial |
| medial | |
| prone | final |
| prune | final |
| pumpkin | final |
| pun | final |
| punch | medial |
| punk | medial |
| punt | medial |
| quaint | medial |
| queen | final |
| quench | medial |
| question | final |
| rain | final |
| raisin | final |
| ran | final |
| ranch | medial |
| rank | medial |
| rant | medial |
| rent | medial |
| return | final |
| rind | medial |
| rink | medial |
| robin | final |
| round | medial |
| run | final |
| runt | medial |
| saint | medial |
| sand | medial |
| sandwich | medial |
| sane | final |
| sank | medial |
| scan | final |
| scant | medial |
| scent | medial |
| scorn | final |
| send | medial |
| sense | medial |
| sent | medial |
| seven | final |
| seventeen | medial / final |
| shank | medial |
| shin | final |
| shine | final |
| shown | final |
| shrine | final |
| shrink | medial |
| shrunk | medial |
| shun | final |
| shunt | medial |
| sin | final |
| since | medial |
| sink | medial |
| skin | final |
| skunk | medial |
| slant | medial |
| snack | medial |
| snail | medial |
| snake | medial |
| sneakers | medial |
| snow | medial |
| son | final |
| soon | final |
| sound | medial |
| sown | final |
| Spain | final |
| span | final |
| spawn | final |
| spend | medial |
| spent | medial |
| spin | final |
| spinach | medial |
| spine | final |
| splint | medial |
| spoon | final |
| sprain | final |
| sprint | medial |
| spun | final |
| spunk | medial |
| spurn | final |
| squint | medial |
| stain | final |
| stance | medial |
| stanch | medial |
| stand | medial |
| stank | medial |
| stench | medial |
| stern | medial |
| stink | medial |
| stint | medial |
| stone | final |
| strain | final |
| strand | medial |
| strange | medial |
| stun | final |
| stunt | medial |
| sun | final |
| sundae | medial |
| Sunday | medial |
| sunk | medial |
| sunny | medial |
| swine | final |
| swoon | final |
| sworn | final |
| taint | medial |
| tan | final |
| tank | medial |
| taunt | medial |
| ten | final |
| tennis | medial |
| tense | medial |
| tent | medial |
| tern | medial |
| than | final |
| thank | medial |
| then | final |
| thin | final |
| think | medial |
| thirteen | final |
| thorn | final |
| thrown | final |
| thunder | medial |
| tin | final |
| tine | final |
| tint | medial |
| ton | final |
| tone | final |
| tonight | medial |
| torn | final |
| town | final |
| train | final |
| trance | medial |
| trench | medial |
| trend | medial |
| trunk | medial |
| tune | final |
| turn | final |
| twenty | medial |
| twin | final |
| uncle | medial |
| under | medial |
| unhappy | medial |
| uniform | medial |
| until | medial |
| vain | final |
| van | final |
| vane | final |
| vend | medial |
| vent | medial |
| vine | final |
| walnut | medial |
| wand | medial |
| wane | final |
| want | medial |
| watermelon | final |
| wean | final |
| wend | medial |
| went | medial |
| when | final |
| whine | final |
| win | final |
| wind | medial |
| window | medial |
| wine | final |
| wink | medial |
| winter | medial |
| woman | final |
| women | final |
| won | final |
| worn | final |
| wound | medial |
| wrench | medial |
| yank | medial |
| yarn | final |
| yawn | final |
| yen | final |
| zone | final |