Phonics word list

Ture words

In short

Ture is an ending that says /cher/, as in picture, nature and future. Our checked list has 66 words where ture says /cher/.

At a glance

Words in our list: 66
By syllables: one syllable: 0 · two syllables: 35 · three or more syllables: 31
Taught in: Lesson 120 in the sequence

Ture words, most common first

Spelling units show how each word breaks into the letters that spell one sound; a_e is a vowel and silent e working together. Readable after is the first lesson where a student can sound out the whole word.

Two syllables

35 words, most common first.

Two syllables
Word	Spelling units	Syllables	Readable after
future	f·u·ture	2	Lesson 120
nature	n·a·ture	2	Lesson 120
culture	c·u·l·ture	2	Lesson 120
feature	f·ea·ture	2	Lesson 120
lecture	l·e·c·ture	2	Lesson 120
picture	p·i·c·ture	2	Lesson 120
creature	c·r·ea·ture	2	Lesson 120
features	f·ea·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
lectures	l·e·c·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
pictures	p·i·c·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
puncture	p·u·n·c·ture	2	Lesson 120
structure	s·t·r·u·c·ture	2	Lesson 120
structures	s·t·r·u·c·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
capture	c·a·p·ture	2	Lesson 120
gesture	g·e·s·ture	2	Lesson 120
mixture	m·i·x·ture	2	Lesson 120
venture	v·e·n·ture	2	Lesson 120
captured	c·a·p·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
captures	c·a·p·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
cultures	c·u·l·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
featured	f·ea·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
lectured	l·e·c·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
creatures	c·r·ea·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
structured	s·t·r·u·c·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
futures	f·u·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
natures	n·a·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
cultured	c·u·l·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
gestured	g·e·s·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
gestures	g·e·s·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
mixtures	m·i·x·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
pictured	p·i·c·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
ventured	v·e·n·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
ventures	v·e·n·ture·s	2	Lesson 120
punctured	p·u·n·c·ture·d	2	Lesson 120
punctures	p·u·n·c·ture·s	2	Lesson 120

Three or more syllables

31 words, most common first.

Three or more syllables
Word	Spelling units	Syllables	Readable after
literature	l·i·t·er·a·ture	4	Lesson 120
temperature	t·e·m·p·er·a·ture	4	Lesson 120
lecturer	l·e·c·ture·r	3	Lesson 120
adventure	a·d·v·e·n·ture	3	Lesson 120
departure	d·e·p·ar·ture	3	Lesson 120
furniture	f·ur·n·i·ture	3	Lesson 120
lecturers	l·e·c·ture·r·s	3	Lesson 120
signature	s·i·g·n·a·ture	3	Lesson 120
adventures	a·d·v·e·n·ture·s	3	Lesson 120
conjecture	c·o·n·j·e·c·ture	3	Lesson 120
signatures	s·i·g·n·a·ture·s	3	Lesson 120
expenditure	e·x·p·e·n·d·i·ture	4	Lesson 120
manufacture	m·a·n·u·f·a·c·ture	4	Not in the sequence
architecture	ar·ch·i·t·e·c·ture	4	Lesson 120
manufactured	m·a·n·u·f·a·c·ture·d	4	Not in the sequence
manufactures	m·a·n·u·f·a·c·ture·s	4	Not in the sequence
temperatures	t·e·m·p·er·a·ture·s	4	Lesson 120
infrastructure	i·n·f·r·a·s·t·r·u·c·ture	4	Lesson 120
manufacturer	m·a·n·u·f·a·c·ture·r	5	Not in the sequence
manufacturers	m·a·n·u·f·a·c·ture·r·s	5	Not in the sequence
recapture	r·e·c·a·p·ture	3	Lesson 120
departures	d·e·p·ar·ture·s	3	Lesson 120
recaptured	r·e·c·a·p·ture·d	3	Lesson 120
conjectures	c·o·n·j·e·c·ture·s	3	Lesson 120
restructure	r·e·s·t·r·u·c·ture	3	Lesson 120
restructured	r·e·s·t·r·u·c·ture·d	3	Lesson 120
restructures	r·e·s·t·r·u·c·ture·s	3	Lesson 120
adventurer	a·d·v·e·n·ture·r	4	Lesson 120
adventurers	a·d·v·e·n·ture·r·s	4	Lesson 120
expenditures	e·x·p·e·n·d·i·ture·s	4	Lesson 120
architectures	ar·ch·i·t·e·c·ture·s	4	Lesson 120

When do these words become readable?

The lessons where the most words on this page become decodable. Words marked not in the sequence have a spelling the sequence never teaches as a pattern.

Lessons where the most words on this page become readable
Readable after	Words
Lesson 120	61
Not in the sequence	5

How do you teach ture words?

Teach ture as a chunk. "Ture says /cher/." Read picture, nature, future, capture, adventure. Cover the ending, read the first part, then add it.

What mistake do students make with ture words?

Students spell nature as nacher. Teach ture as the common spelling for /cher/ at the end of longer words.

Where do ture words come in the sequence?

Ture is usually taught right after tion and sion. In the sequence we use, the pattern is taught in Lesson 120.

Exceptions worth knowing

Teacher and catcher spell /cher/ with cher, because er is a suffix there. Mature has ture with stress on the last syllable.

Decodable sentences

Every word in these sentences can be read at Lesson 120 or earlier, or is a heart word taught by then.

Take a picture of the nature.
The future is bright.
We had an adventure.

Questions people ask

What are 5 ture words?

Future, nature, culture, feature, lecture. Those are the five most common of the 66 words where ture says /cher/ in our checked list.

What sound does ture make?

/cher/ as in picture.

When is it ture and when cher?

Ture is the ending in words like picture and nature. Cher appears when er is a suffix on a word ending in ch (teacher, catcher).

When can a student read ture words?

Ture words are taught at Lesson 120 in the lesson sequence we use. 61 of the 66 words on this page can be sounded out by then; the rest wait for a pattern taught later, and the tables show the lesson for each word.

How this list was built

Every word comes from our lexicon of common English words, each split into spelling units and checked against a pronouncing dictionary, so a word is listed under the sound its spelling really makes. Words a student sees in our assessments are left out. The readable after lesson comes from our decodability engine, which checks each spelling unit and syllable pattern against the lesson sequence. You can run your own text through the same engine with the free decodable text checker.