Yes — "little" is a Dolch Pre-Primer sight word. Its spelling doesn't fully match its sound, so it's taught to be recognized instantly rather than sounded out.
The little puppy was so cute.
The ending "-tle" in "little" isn't sounded out the way it looks — it makes a quick "l" sound with no clear vowel, called a syllabic consonant. That unusual ending is why "little" is taught by sight rather than fully decoded.
Clap the two chunks — "lit" and "tle" — and point out that "-tle" sounds almost like just an "l" at the end, not "t-l-e" spelled out.
Word Wizard teaches "little" with Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It, and Write It — four game modes that turn repetition into play.
See "little" with its picture, syllables, and example sentence — with native audio.
Hear "little" spoken aloud and pick it out from similar-looking words.
Build "little" letter by letter from shuffled tiles.
Word Wizard turns sight word practice into a game — Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It and Write It, from Pre-K through Grade 5.