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tion and sion: spelling bee words

The ending that sounds like shun: action, vision, mission, musician. Most are tion; some are sion; a few are cian.

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tion and sion

Shun is most often tion. After l or n, or when the word before ended in d, de or se (decide, decision), it is often sion. A person's job can be cian.

action
nation
motion
station
lotion
fiction
caution
section
fraction
question
vacation
addition
vision
decision
explosion
division
confusion
tension
mission
permission
discussion
expression
collision
television
traction
attraction
distraction
inspection
eruption
disruption
interruption
diction
prediction
dictation
destruction
construction
instruction
audition
rejection
transmission
intermission
emission
production
education
reduction
version
conversation
description
subscription
prescription
occasion
physician
possession

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Also on Peabody: the Words place, words that start with each letter, spelling games and the Daily Word. Teachers: the weekly lists these come from are on Peabody Teach.

How this list was made: Every word in Peabody's grade banks ending in tion, sion or cian.

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