How well do you actually spell?
Adaptive spelling practice that finds your weaknesses and helps you beat them.
Practice
Practice at your level.
Unlimited rounds matched to your level. Get one wrong and it comes back later until you spell it confidently.
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SpellingIQ Score
What's your SpellingIQ?
One number that shows how well you actually spell. Spell about 8 words and find out yours. 2 minutes, no signup.
Get your score →2 minutes
Daily Five
Five words, every day.
A free daily spelling challenge: five fresh words, read aloud, same set for everyone. Come back tomorrow for the next five.
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Questions people ask
- What is SpellingIQ?
- A free spelling game that reads a word aloud and asks you to spell it with no autocorrect and no spell-check. Your answers produce a SpellingIQ, a single rating for how well you actually spell. Try a round →
- What is the Daily Five?
- Five words a day, the same five for everyone at your level, refreshed at midnight UTC. It takes about a minute and it is the fastest way to see where you stand without committing to a full test. Play today's Daily Five →
- Can I practise my own spelling words?
- Yes. Make a list of up to ten words you choose — this week's class list, or the ones that keep catching you out — and each is read aloud and comes back until you have spelled it right a few times running, first try. When a word beats you, easier words that share whatever tripped you get added alongside it, so the pattern is met on easy ground before the hard word returns. A list can be shared with a link or printed. Make a list →
- Is SpellingIQ free?
- Yes. The Daily Five, the practice rounds and the scored test are all free, with no card and nothing to download. An account only exists to keep your rating, streak and missed words between visits.
- What is a good SpellingIQ score?
- The best score is a rising one: a number that moved is worth more than a number that is high. Scores run from 300 to 2200 and map onto the Daily Five levels: Starter 300–500, Learner 500–900, Normal 900–1200, Skilled 1200–1500, Expert 1500–1800, Genius 1800+. Most adults first place somewhere around 900–1200 (Normal), and a few minutes of practice a day moves that faster than anything else, because the words you miss come back until you get them. See your score →
- How do I improve my SpellingIQ?
- Spelling training works best in short daily bursts rather than long sessions. Let the misses do the work: any word you get wrong goes into a review queue and comes back days later, when you have started to forget it, which is exactly when recalling it makes the spelling stick. Words that beat you twice become a Nemesis and keep returning until you beat them. Start practising →
- Is this an actual IQ test?
- No. SpellingIQ is a skill rating for spelling ability only, the kind of number chess ratings and ranked games use: it rises when you beat hard words and falls when easy ones beat you. It is not a clinical or psychometric IQ measure and should not be used as one.
- British or American spelling?
- American English is the canonical answer, but common British variants such as colour and organise are accepted where reasonable. The point is knowing the word, not winning an argument about the Atlantic.
SpellingIQ is a skill rating for spelling, not a clinical IQ measure. American English is the canonical spelling; common variants are accepted.