How spelling typing practice works

You type English words from memory, one letter at a time.

Picking from four choices tests whether you recognize a word.

Typing it out tests whether you can recall it. That's what a spelling test asks.

The words are the 3,000-word core list from the Korean national English curriculum.

The list marks each word for a school level, and we kept those levels.

The three levels

Words marked * (800) are for elementary school.

Words marked ** (1,200) are for middle school and the grade 10 common courses.

Unmarked words (1,000) are for the other high school courses.

It is not a list of past exam words.

Look, cover, write

The word shows for 3 seconds, then hides. Type it from memory.

It's the look, cover, write, check routine many schools use for spelling lists.

Copy

The word stays on screen. Use it for a first pass through a new set.

From the Korean meaning

You see the Korean meaning, the part of speech and the letter count.

Built for Korean students learning English. The meanings are written in Korean.

Right first time

A word typed with no wrong letters counts as right first time.

Showing the first letter or the answer means it doesn't count.

Words that aren't right first time go to your misses.

Get a missed word right first time later and it leaves the list.

Accuracy and speed

Letter accuracy is the share of letters you got right on the first try. Fixing a letter doesn't erase the miss.

Speed is WPM: correct letters divided by 5, divided by minutes.

It includes thinking time, so it runs lower than a typing test WPM.

Sets and today's 10

Each level is shuffled once and cut into sets of 10. Every device gets the same sets.

Today's 10 is picked by the date: 3, 4 and 3 words from the three levels.

Review spacing

A missed word is due for review 1 day later.

Get it right then and it moves to 3 days, then 7 days, then it's done.

We track the spacing for everyone. Collecting due words into a set is the subscription feature.

My misses and every set stay free. We never cap how much you play.

Your data

Progress is stored in this browser only: times seen, misses, last day typed.

New set? Copy it once, then switch to look, cover, write.

Stuck? Show the first letter and move on. The word comes back in your misses.

Say the word out loud as you type it.

A few sets a day beats one long session.

Words you have to work to recall stick longer. The cover step forces that.

Coming back after a gap beats repeating on the same day.

That's why misses return after 1, 3 and 7 days.

Read the related forms the list prints next to a word. One word turns into several.

Two spellings

Where the list gives color / colour, either one is accepted.

Meaning still being checked

We couldn't match our Korean meaning to a reference, so we leave it blank rather than risk a wrong one.

Letters appear all at once on a phone

That's autocomplete or word suggestions. Turn them off in your keyboard settings.