How to spell hindrance
A Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling word, with the tricky part explained and a tip that makes it stick.
The answer
hindrance
H-I-N-D-R-A-N-C-E
The part to watch: hinder drops its e (hind-rance). The underlined letters are the ones most people get wrong.
The tricky part
Hindrance comes from hinder, but the e of hinder is dropped. It ends -ance.
Hindrance is one of the words on the Year 5 and 6 list with a suffix to watch. A suffix is an ending such as -ment, -tion or -ed. Sometimes the root word changes when you add it: a letter is dropped, doubled or swapped.
Common mistakes with hindrance
- Wrong: hinderanceRight: hindrance
- Wrong: hindrenceRight: hindrance
A way to remember it
A hindrance hinders you, and hinder loses its e: hindr + ance.
Hindrance in syllables
hin · drance
Hindrance has 2 syllables. Say each one as you write it.
In a sentence
The heavy bag was a hindrance on the long walk.
Hindrance on the statutory list
Hindrance is on the Year 5 and 6 statutory word list in the national curriculum for England. Children are taught these words in Years 5 and 6, when they are 9 to 11.
Test yourself
A short spelling test that starts with hindrance, then nine more words from the Year 5 and 6 list, read aloud. It works in your browser.
More words with a suffix to watch
These words from the Year 5 and 6 list share the same pattern as hindrance.
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Questions parents ask
How do you spell hinder?
Hinder ends -er: h-i-n-d-e-r. Hindered and hindering keep the e; only hindrance drops it.
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