Accio – (a.k.a., summoning charm) This spell brings
an object to the person who cast the spell
Alohomora – Charm that will open a locked door
Avada Kedavra – (a.k.a., the killing curse) This spell
kills people instantly and is marked with a flash of green light, this is one of the “unforgivable curses”
Binding Charm – Creates invisible ropes which bind
a person to prevent them from moving
Bubble-head Charm – Surrounds the person who cast
the spell with a large bubble of air to help them breath
Cheering Charm – Used to make someone happy
Colloportus – Used to seal a door
Confundus Charm – Causes confusion to those it is
cast upon
Conjunctivitis Curse – Causes harm and blindness to
those it is cast upon
Conjuring Spells – Creates objects out of thin air
(not to be confused with 'accio'/the summoning charm)
Cruciatus Curse – One of the “unforgivable curses,”
this spell causes intolerable pain to those on which it is cast
Diffindo – (a.k.a., severing charm) This charm cuts
away portions of something
Disillusionment Charm – This charm hides the properties
of an object or person
Engorgio – (a.k.a., engorgement charm) This charm
enlarges an item or person
Ennervate – Revives a person hit by a stunning spell
Evanesco – Makes an object vanish permanently
Expecto Patronum – (a.k.a. Patronus Charm) Used to
conjure a Patronus, a protective force that will stave off Dementors
Expelliarmus – (a.k.a., disarming spell) Makes an
object/weapon fly out of your opponent’s hands
Fidelus Charm – Complicated spell that hides a person
or persons completely. The only person able to reveal the whereabouts is known as a “secret keeper”
Finite Incantatem – Ends the effects of a spell
Furnunculus – Causes boils to erupt over a person’s
body
Hover Charm – Makes an object float in mid-air
Impedimenta – Stops or slows an object down
Imperius Curse – One of the “unforgivable curses,”
this curse causes someone to be under the complete control of the person who casts the spell
Imperturbable Charm – Creates an invisible barrier
to a room to prevent eavesdropping
Impervious – Makes something waterproof
Incendio – Starts a fire
Locomotor Mortis – Binds a person legs together so
they can not walk
Lumos – Causes a soft beam of light to emit from the
person’s wand
Mobilicorpus – Moves a body
Morsmorde – Conjures the dark mark
Nox – Ends the Lumos spell and turns out the light
emanating from the wand.
Obliteration Charm – Removed traces/tracks a person
has left behind
Obliviate – Removes a person’s memory
Oculus Reparo – Repairs eyeglasses
Petrificus Totalus – Binds a persons entire body so
that they can not move
Portus – Turns an object into a portkey
Prior Incantato – Spell which forces a wand to emit
a ghost image of the last spell that was cast. When it happens spontaneously when two wands with the same core are forced
to duel, it is called “prior incantatem.”
Protean Charm – Makes something such as galleons change
their form to mimick that of a “parent” object
Protego – (a.k.a., shield charm) This charm protects
the user from spells cast at them
Reducio – Opposite of engorgio, this spell returns
the target to normal size
Reducto – Moves objects out of the path of the person
who casts the spell
Reparo – Repairs an object
Rictusempra – Causes a fit of uncontrollable laughter
to the target
Riddikulus – Causes a boggart to take on a silly appearance
Scourgify – Cleans things
Serpensortia – Causes a snake to erupt from the end
of a wand
Silencio – Silences a person or object
Stupefy – Renders a person unconscious
Unbreakable Charm – Makes something unbreakable
Wingardium Leviosa – Causes an object to levitate