SPELLS A-Z

[Lan Dawkins]

Thanks a million to George Weasley from The Hallows for allowing us to use this awesome list.

Below is a complete list of spells which can be cast by Witches and Wizards...abiding by the age limits of course!

A-F

A

Accio
Pronunciation: ['aesio]
When Casted: Pulls and object toward caster
Age Requirement: 15+

Age-Line Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Creates a set age barrier around object
Age Requirement: 18+

Aguamenti
Pronunciation: [ah-gwa-MEN-tee]
When Casted: Creates a jet of water from tip of ones wand
Age Requirement: 15+

Alohomora
Pronunciation: [uh-LO-ha-MO-ra]
When Casted: Used to open and unlock and unseal doors (Will not work on doors bewitched against Alohomora)
Age Requirement: 11+

Anapneo
Pronunciation: [ah-NAHP-nee-oh]
When Casted: Clears target's airway (windpipe) if blocked
Age Requirment: 15+

Anti-Cheating Spell
Pronuciation: --
When Casted: Usually cast on a quill to prevent cheating
Age Requirement: 18+

Anti-Disapparition Jinx
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Used to prevent apparition, used to keep target out or in.
Age Requirement: 18+

Antonin Dolohov's Curse
Pronunciation: Non-verbal
When Casted: Causes serious internal injury; no external signs will show
Age Requirement: 18+

Aparecium
Pronunciation: [ah-pah-REE-see-um]
When Casted: Reveals invisiable items; usually used to counter invisiable ink.
Age Requirement: 15+

Apparition
Pronunciation: Non-Verbal
When Casted: Causes user to teleport from one place to another. (Not suggested over long distances)
Age Requirement: 17+

Atmospheric Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Creates certian weather conditions; can be applied indoors
Age Requirement: 15+

Avada Kedavra-The Killing Curse
Pronunciation: [ah-VAH-dah keh-DAH-vrah]
When Casted: Kills target instantly leaving no trace of physical injury
Age Requirement: 18+

Avis
Pronunciation: [AH-vis]
When Casted: A flock of birds erupts from the casters wand
Age Requirement: 15+

B

Banishing Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Objects are thrust away from the caster
Age Requirement: 17+

Bat-Bogey Hex
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes bogies to appear, transfigure into bats and attack the victim
Age Requirement: 16+

Bombarda
Pronunciation: [Bom-BAHR-da]
When Casted: Tears down object which the caster motions towards
Age Requirement: 17+

Bubble-Head Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Puts a large bubble of air around users head
Age Requirement: 15+

C

Caterwauling Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Anyone entering the perimeter of this charm instantly produced a high-pitched shriek.
Age Requirement: 16+

Cave Inimicum
Pronunciation: [KAH-vay ih-NIH-mih-kum]
When Casted: Spell used to strengthen an inclosure from enemies - also will warn others of intruders in an alarming sense.
Age Requirement: 17+

Cheering Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: The target of this charm will become instantly happy and content
Age Requirement: 14+

Colloportus
Pronunciation: [coll-oh-PORT-us]
When Casted: Locks a door instantly preventing Muggles from opening the targeted door.
Age Requirement: 17+

Colour-Change Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Changes the object's color
Age Requirement: 15+

Concealment Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Conceals targeted object
Age Requirement: 17+

Confringo-The Blasting Curse
Pronunciation: [con-FRIN-Goh]
When Casted: Causes anything that the spell comes into contact with to explode
Age Requirement: 18+

Confundo
Pronunciation: [con-FUN-doh]
When Casted: Causes the victim to become instantly confused and befuddled
Age Requirement: 17+

Conjunctivitus Curse
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes the victims eye-sight to recede
Age Requirement: 18+

Crucio-The Cruciatus Curse
Pronunciation: [KROO-see-oh]
When Casted: Inflicts intense pain upon the victum; usually used for tortorus purposes
Age Requirement: 18+

Cushioning Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Creates an invisible cushioned area (used in broomstick manufacturing)
Age Requirement: 16+

D

Daydream Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Gives the caster a realistic 30-minute daydream
Age Requirement: 16+ (for obvious school-related reasons)

Defodio-The Gouging Spell
Pronunciation: [dih-FOH-dee-oh]
When Casted: Deep gouges will form on the targets area
Age Requirement: 17+

Descendo
Pronunciation: [dih-SEN-doh]
When Casted: The spell causes the object to descend
Age Requirement: 11+

Deletrius
Pronunciation: [deh-LEE-tree-us ]
When Casted: An erasing spell which deletes images and magical after effects
Age Requirement: 16+

Densaugeo
Pronunciation: [den-ZOW-gay-oh or den-SAW-jee-oh]
When Casted: This charm makes the victims teeth grow rapidly
Age Requirement: 16+

Deprimo
Pronunciation: [duh-PREE-moh]
When Casted: Places immense pressure upon target
Age Requirement: 17+

Diffindo-The Severing Charm
Pronunciation: [dif-FIN-doh]
When Casted: Tears the target or specific area apart
Age Requirement: 18+

Dissendium
Pronunciation: [dis-SEN-dee-um]
When Casted: Causes the secret passage to Honeydukes to open
Age Requirement: 15+

Disillusionment Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes the target to change color to blend with the respective background
Age Requirement: 16+

Dumbledore's Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: An extremly powerful spell which has only been used by Dumbledore against Lord Voldemort
Age Requirement: Dumbledore only

Dumbledore's Jinx
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: A powerful jinx used to incapacitate the target
Age Requirement: Dumbledore only

Duro
Pronunciation: [D(Y)OO-roh]
When Casted: This spell is used to turn its target to stone
Age Requirement: 16+


E

Engorgio-The Engorgement Charm
Pronunciation: [en-GOR-jee-oh]
When Casted: Spell causes objects to swell in size
Age Requirement: 16+

Episkey
Pronunciation: [eh-PIS-key]
When Casted: Used to heal minor injuries.
Age Requirement: 14+

Erecto
Pronunciation: [ee-RECK-toh]
When Casted: Used to erect a structure such as a tent
Age Requirement: 13+

Evanesco-The Vanishing Spell
Pronunciation: [eh-van-ESS-koh]
When Casted: Makes target vanish
Age Requirement: 17+

Expecto Patronum
Pronunciation: [ek-SPEC-to pah-TRONE-um ]
When Casted: Creates a charm to protect a witch or wizard taking a form based upon happy memories. Can also be used to send messages. (Usually takes the form of an animal)
Age Requirement: 17+

Expelliarmus-The Disarming Charm
Pronunciation: [ex-pel-ee-AHR-mus]
When Casted: Usually used to disarm a witch or wizard
Age Requirement: 16+

Expulso
Pronunciation: [ecks-PULL-soh]
When Casted: Causes objects hit by the spell to explode, causing a powerful shockwave
Age Requirement: 17+

F

False Memory Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Implants a false memory in the mind of the target
Age Requirement: 18+

Featherweight Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Makes target lightweight
Age Requirement: 16+

Ferula
Pronunciation: [feh-ROO-lah]
When Casted: Creates a bandage and splint
Age Requirement: 15+

Fidelius Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: This charm allows secret information to be carefully within the target
Age Requirement: 17+

Fiendfyre
Pronunciation: [Feend-fire]
When Casted: A seemingly unstoppable amount of flame which takes the form of fantastical creatures.
Age Requirement: 17+

Finite Incantatem -The Counter Spell
Pronunciation: [fi-NEE-tay in-can-TAH-tem]
When Casted: Negates spells or the effects of spells
Age Requirement: 15+

Flagrante Curse
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes any object affected to burn human skin when touched
Age Requirement: 17+

Flagrate
Pronunciation: [fluh-GRAH-tay]
When Casted: The caster's wand can leave fiery marks
Age Requirement: 16+

Flame-Freezing Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes fire to become harmless; its flames only tickling to the touch
Age Requirement: 16+

Flying Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: A spell cast upon broomsticks to make them fly
Age Requirement: 14+

Freezing Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Freezes an object
Age Requirement: 16+

Furnunculus
Pronunciation: fur-NUNG-kyoo-lus
When Casted: Makes boils appear on the victims skin
Age Requirement: 17+

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G

Geminio
Pronunciation: [jeh-MIH-nee-oh]
When Casted: Creates a duplicate of the object it is cast upon
Age Requirement: 16+

Gemino Curse
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: When an object is hit it creates useless copies to hide the original
Age Requirement: 17+

Glisseo
Pronunciation: [GLISS-see-oh]
When Casted: Causes steps to flatten creating a slide or ramp
Age Requirement: 16+

Gripping Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Used to make targets grip tighter
Age Requirement: 17+

Growth charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: This charm increases the size but keeps within proper proportions
Age Requirement: 16+

H

Hair-Thickening Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Thickens targets hair
Age Requirement: 16+

Healing Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Heals deep wounds upon the target
Age Requirement: 17+

Hex Deflection
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Deflects spells
Age Requirement: 15+

Homenum Revelio
Pronunciation: [HOH-meh-num reh-VEH-lee-oh ]
When Casted: Reveals a human presence within the area
Age Requirement: 17+

Homorphus Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes an Animagus or transfigured object to assume its normal shape
Age Requirement: 16+

Horcrux Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Allows part of a wizards or witches soul to be passed into an object
Age Requirement: 18+

Horton-Keitch Braking Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Used in Quidditch to prevent over shooting of goals
Age Requirement: Usually cast by Gameskeeper

Hot Air Charm
Pronunciation: Non-Verbal
When Casted: Causes wand to emit hot air
Age Requirement: 14+

Hover Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes an object to hover in mid-air
Age Requirement: 16+

Hurling Hex
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes brooms to thrash violently
Age Requirement: 18+

I

Imperturbable Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Makes objects such as doors impenetrable
Age Requirement: 17+

Impedimenta
Pronunciation: [im-peh-dih-MEN-tah]
When Casted: This hex is capable of tripping, freezing, binding, knocking back and generally impeding the target's progress to wards the caster
Age Requirement: 17+

Imperio-The Imperius Curse
Pronunciation: [im-PEER-ee-oh]
When Casted: Puts target into a dream like state allowing caster to do as they wish with the victim.
Age Requirement: 18+

Impervius-The Impervius Charm
Pronunciation: [im-PURR-vee-uss]
When Casted: This spell makes something repel such as water or sound
Age Requirement: 16+

Inanimatus Conjurus
Pronunciation: [in-an-ih-MAH-tus CON-jur-us]
When Casted: Used to conjure an inanimate object
Age Requirement: 15+

Incarcerous
Pronunciation: [in-CAR-ser-us]
When Casted: Ties something or someone up in ropes
Age Requirement: 17+

Incendio
Pronunciation: [in-SEND-ee-oh]
When Casted: Produces fire
Age Requirement: 17+

Inferius Animation Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Used to animate corpses
Age Requirement: 18+

Inflation Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes target to inflate
Age Requirement: 17+

Intruder Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Detects intruders and sounds an alarm
Age Requirement: 17+

J

Jelly-Legs Jinx
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes victims legs to be temporarily useless
Age Requirement: 15+

K

Knitting Needles Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes knitting needles to knit on their own accord
Age Requirement: 12+

Knee-Reversing Hex
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes the position of the knees to be reversed
Age Requirement: 17+

L

Langlock
Pronunciation: [LANG-lock]
When Casted: Glues the subject's tongue to the roof of their mouth
Age Requirement: 16+

Leeks of the Ear
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes leeks to sprout out of the target's ears
Age Requirement: 15+

Legilimens -Legilimency Spell
Pronunciation: [Leg-IL-im-ens]
When Casted: Allows the caster to delve into the mind of the victim
Age Requirement: 17+

Levicorpus
Pronunciation: [Lev-i-CORE-pus]
When Casted: The victim is dangled upside-down by their ankles, sometimes accompanied by a flash of light
Age Requirement: 18+

Liberacorpus
Pronunciation: [lih-beh-rah-COHR-pus]
When Casted: Counteracts Levicorpus
Age Requirement: 18+

Locomotor
Pronunciation: [loh-koh-MOH-tor]
When Casted: Causes an object to rise in the air and be moved at will by the caster
Age Requirement: 17+

Locomotor Mortis-Leg-Locker Curse
Pronunciation: [LOW-co-MOW-tor MORE-tis]
When Casted: Legs are locked together not allowing the victim to move in any sense
Age Requirement: 16+

Lumos
Pronunciation: [LOO-mohss]
When Casted: Creates a narrow beam of light that shines from the wand's tip, like a torch
Age Requirement: 15+

Lupin's Light
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: A small, hand-held flame
Age Requirement: Lupin Only

M

Meteolojinx Recanto
Pronunciation: [Mee-TEE-olo-JIN-ks Reh-CAN-toh]
When Casted: Causes weather effects caused by incantations to cease
Age Requirement: 17+

Mobiliarbus
Pronunciation: [Mow-BILL-ee-ARE-bus]
When Casted: Moves a tree
Age Requirement: 16+

Mobilicorpus
Pronunciation: [Mow-BILL-i-CORE-pus]
When Casted: Levitates and moves bodies
Age Requirement: 17+

Morfin Gaunt's Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes the victim to painfully exude large quantities of yellow pus
Age Requirement: 17+

Morsmordre
Pronunciation: [morz-MOHR-druh]
When Casted: Conjures the Dark Mark
Age Requirement: 17+

Muffliato
Pronunciation: [Muff-lee-AH-toe]
When Casted: Fills peoples' ears with an unidentifiable buzzing to keep them from hearing nearby conversations
Age Requirement:

Repello Muggletum-Muggle Repelling Charm
Pronunciation: [reh-PELL-loh MUGG-gull-tum]
When Casted: Keeps Muggles away from wizarding places
Age Requirement: 17+

N

Narcissa Malfoy's Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes pain to anyone touching the caster of the spell
Age Requirement: Narcissa Malfoy Only

Nox
Pronunciation: [Noks]
When Casted: Turns off the light produced by the Lumos spell
Age Requirement: 16+

O

Obliteration Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Removes Footprints
Age Requirement: 17+

Obliviate -The Memory Charm
Pronunciation: [oh-BLIV-ee-ate]
When Casted: Used to hide a memory of a particular event
Age Requirement: 17+

Obscuro
Pronunciation: [ob-SK(Y)OOR-oh]
When Casted: Causes a blindfold to appear over the victim's eyes
Age Requirement: 17+

Oppugno
Pronunciation: [oh-PUG-no]
When Casted: Causes animals or beings of lesser intelligence to attack.
Age Requirement: 17+

Orchideous
Pronunciation: [or-KID-ee-us]
When Casted: Makes a bouquet of flowers appear out of the caster's wand
Age Requirement: 15+

P

Pack
Pronunciation: [pæk]
When Casted: Packs a trunk, or perhaps any luggage
Age Requirement: 15+

Permanent Sticking Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Makes object permanently stay in place
Age Requirement: 17+

Petrificus Totalus-Full Body Binding Spell
Pronunciation: [puh-TRIH-fuh-cus TOH-tle-us]
When Casted: Used to temporarily make the victim be frozen in a position much like a soldier at attention
Age Requirement: 15+

Piertotum Locomotor
Pronunciation: [pee-ayr-TOH-tum loh-koh-MOH-tor]
When Casted: Spell used to animate statues and suits of armor to do the caster's bidding
Age Requirement: 17+

Four-Point Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes wand to act much like a compass
Age Requirement: 16+

Portus
Pronunciation: [POUR-tuss]
When Casted: Turns an object into a Portkey
Age Requirement: 17+

Prior Incantato
Pronunciation: [PRI-or In-can-TAH-toe]
When Casted: Makes a shadowy image of the effect of the last spell cast by a wand emerge from its tip
Age Requirement: 17+

Protean Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes copies of an object to be remotely affected by changes made to the original
Age Requirement: 16+

Protego
Pronunciation: [pro-TAY-go]
When Casted: The Shield Charm causes minor to moderate jinxes, curses, and hexes to rebound upon the attacker
Age Requirement: 15+

Protego Horribilis
Pronunciation: [pro-TAY-go/prah-TEH-go horr-oh-billis]
When Casted: A shield charm against the darkest magic
Age Requirement: 17+

Protego Totalum
Pronunciation: [pro-TAY-go/prah-TEH-go toh-TALUM]
When Casted: Presumably does not allow anything to enter into the area protected by the spell
Age Requirement: 17+

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Q

Quietus
Pronunciation: [Quee-AY-tuss]
When Casted: Makes a magically magnified voice return to normal
Age Requirement: 16+

R

Reducio
Pronunciation: [re-DUK-toh]
When Casted: Blows apart or destroys objects in the caster's path
Age Requirement: 17+

Refilling Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Refills what ever the caster points toward
Age Requirement: 15+

Relashio
Pronunciation: [Re-LASH-ee-oh]
When Casted: A charm used to force someone or something to release that which it holds
Age Requirement: 16+

Rennervate
Pronunciation: [ree-NURR-vayt]
When Casted: Brings someone out of unconsciousness
Age Requirement: 16+

Reparo
Pronunciation: [reh-PAH-roh]
When Casted: Used to repair objects
Age Requirement: 11+

Rictusempra-The Tickling Charm
Pronunciation: [RIK-too-SEM-pra]
When Casted: Makes an enemy collapse in laughter
Age Requirement: 17+

Riddikulus -Boggart Banishing Spell
Pronunciation: [Re-DIK-uh-lus]
When Casted: A spell used when fighting a Boggart, "Riddikulus" forces the Boggart to take the appearance of an object the caster finds humorous
Age Requirement: 15+

S

Scourgify
Pronunciation: [sKUHR-GI-FY]
When Casted: Used to clean desired object
Age Requirement: 15+

Sectumsempra
Pronunciation: [SEC-tum-SEMP-ra]
When Casted: A spell that creates large, blood-oozing gashes on the subject
Age Requirement: 17+

Serpensortia
Pronunciation: [SER-pen-SOHR-shah]
When Casted: Conjures a serpent from the spellcaster's wand.
Age Requirement: 16+

Silencio-The Silencing Charm
Pronunciation: [SIGH-len-see-OH]
When Casted: Causes silence
Age Requirement: 15+

Sonorus
Pronunciation: [so-nor-us]
When Casted: Magnifies the spellcaster's voice when one's wand is pointing to the side of the casters neck
Age Requirement: 14+

Specialis Revelio
Pronunciation: [speh-see-AH-liss reh-VEH-lee-oh]
When Casted: Causes an object to show its hidden secrets or magical properties
Age Requirement: 17+

Stealth Censoring Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Detects those under magical disguise
Age Requirement: 16+

Streamer Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes purple and gold streamers to erupt out of the end of the caster's wand
Age Requirement: 13+

Stretching Jinx
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Stretches objects
Age Requirement: 17+

Stupefy
Pronunciation: [STOO-peh-fye]
When Casted: Puts the victim in an unconscious state
Age Requirement: 17+

Supersensory Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes the caster to have enhanced senses
Age Requirement: 15+

Switching Spell
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes two objects to be switched for one another
Age Requirement: 17+

T

Tarantallegra
Pronunciation: [Ta-RAN-ta-LEG-rah]
When Casted: Makes victim's legs dance uncontrollably
Age Requirement: 16+

Tergeo
Pronunciation: [TUR-jee-oh]
When Casted: A spell used to siphon matter from a surface
Age Requirement: 15+

Tongue-Tying Curse
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: The curse manifests itself by causing the tongue to temporarily curl backwards upon itself
Age Requirement: 17+

U

Undetectable Extension Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Causes a container's capacity to be increased, without changing the object's appearance on the outside
Age Requirement: 15+

Unplottable Charm
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Used to make buildings or locations unable to be plotted on a map
Age Requirement: 16+

V

Lord Voldemort's Shield
Pronunciation: --
When Casted: Voldemort's very own shield spell; seemingly powerful
Age Requirement: Voldemort Only

W

Waddiwasi
Pronunciation: [WAD-ee-WAH-see]
When Casted: Appears to launch small objects through the air
Age Requirement: 15+

Wingardium Leviosa
Pronunciation: [Win-GUARD-ee-um Le-vee-OH-sah]
When Casted: Levitates objects
Age Requirement: 11+

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