spelling accuracy
Words written right
Spelling accuracy is the degree to which written words match their accepted standard forms.
The term appears most often in educational contexts—testing, literacy research, and writing instruction: The students showed 94% spelling accuracy on the assessment.
It can also describe software performance: The autocorrect's spelling accuracy improved after the update.
- memory recallRetrieving stored information
- sight wordsCommon words learned by shape
- word listsCompiled vocabulary groupings
- diacriticsMarks altering letter pronunciation
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
red squiggly line · common mistakes · transpositions · homophones · silent letters · double letters · etymology · word roots · omissions · morphology · syllable structure · substitutions · pattern recognition · overgeneralizations · look it up · online dictionaries · affixes · phonology
- spelling practiceword lists, flashcards, dictation, vocabulary lists, worksheets
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Incorrect written form
spelling errors · spelling mistakes · typos · illiteracy · dysgraphia
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Language's structural rules
punctuation · syntax · word choice · sentence structure · composition
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