Spelling Test vs Spelling Test

Spelling Test: Practice Words does the job you do on a Thursday night. School sends a spelling list home on Monday, the test is on Friday, and somewhere in between somebody has to sit down and say the words out loud while your child writes them down. This app is that somebody. Type the list in once and it dictates every word, your child types what they hear, and each answer is marked the moment it is given. TYPE IN THIS WEEK'S LIST The words that matter are the ones your child's teacher sent home, and no general word game can guess what those are. Typing them in takes a minute, and after that the app tests exactly those words, all week. You can add an example sentence to any word, and it is spoken after the word — which is the only way "their" and "there" can be told apart when they are heard rather than seen. A REAL DICTATION TEST The app says the word. Your child types it. The word is never shown, because a spelling test you can read the answer off is not a spelling test. Answers are marked instantly and fairly: a capital letter does not count against them, a stray space does not count against them, and a word spelled correctly is always marked correct. THE WORDS THEY MISS BECOME THE NEXT DRILL Every test ends with a score and the list of words that were missed, and those words become their own retry drill. The words they already know do not need practising again, and the drill is rebuilt after every test. PRACTICE FIRST, TEST LATER Practice mode shows the word, says it aloud, and asks your child to copy it out. Rehearsal on Wednesday, the real thing on Thursday. For spellers who are not typing confidently yet, both modes can be answered by tapping letter tiles instead of using the keyboard. WORD BANKS AS WELL AS YOUR OWN LISTS Alongside the lists you type in, there are ready-made banks to test from: a spelling test for grade 1, grade 2 and grade 3, and on through grade 4, grade 5 and grade 6 — each a band of the most common words in written English. There is also a bank of the words adults and English learners most often get wrong — accommodate, definitely, separate, rhythm, necessary and two hundred more. INSTEAD OF PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS If you have been printing spelling worksheets, or writing the list out twice so somebody can read it aloud, this replaces the paper spelling test entirely. WATCH THE SCORES CLIMB Every test is saved, so you can see how a list went this week compared to last, and which lists keep causing trouble. MORE THAN ONE SPELLER Add a profile for each child. Their lists, their results and their streak stay separate, so nobody is ever tested on their sibling's words. A NUDGE THE NIGHT BEFORE, IF YOU WANT ONE An optional weekly reminder can invite your child back for one more practice before the test. You choose the evening, it is scheduled on the device, and it stays off until you turn it on. QUIET BY DESIGN • No ads, anywhere • No account, no sign-up, no email address • Works completely offline — in the car, on a plane, in a waiting room • The app speaks, and never listens: there is no microphone use of any kind • Nothing is uploaded. Everything stays on the device, and you can save a backup file yourself WHO IT IS FOR Primary and elementary spellers in grades 1 to 6. Homeschooling families. Adults and English learners working on the words that trip everybody up. Parents who would rather spend ten minutes on Thursday than an argument on Friday morning. ABOUT THE WORD BANKS The grade banks are frequency bands derived from the public-domain Fry word list (1957/1980) — they are practice banks ordered by how often words appear in print, not any school's curriculum. This app is not affiliated with any school, curriculum, publisher or school district. The words that matter most are the ones you type in yourself. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — Privacy Policy: https://kanac.github.io/syanac-legal/

The weekly spelling test, the way school does it, with the phone doing the reading out. Spelli is for the parent who gets a list of ten words every Monday and a test every Friday. Type the list once, or paste it straight from the school's email. Hand the phone over. Spelli says each word out loud, your child types it without ever seeing it, and at the end you get the score. HEARD, NEVER SHOWN • Every word is spoken aloud, in the English accent and at the speed you pick • Nothing on the screen gives the spelling away: no autocorrect, no suggestions, no capital letter added for them • Tap to hear the word again, or hear it said slowly • Add a sentence to any word, so "there" and "their" can be told apart A REAL SCORE • Right or wrong for every word, and what was typed for each miss • The misses retested on their own, straight from the score card • The latest score kept on the list, free. Pro keeps every week, so you can see Wednesday against Friday WHOSE WEEK IT IS Put a first name on a list and the score card says it — "Maya spelled every word right" — so the result reads as your child's week rather than a number. Optional, and asked once when you make the list. With Pro, a separate list for each child. NO WORD CAP • A list is as long as the school made it, free or Pro • Numbers, bullets and commas in a pasted list are sorted out for you YOUR OWN VOICE (PRO) Record each word once and your child hears you instead of a synthesiser. Recordings never leave the phone. PAY ONCE Free, always: one list at a time with every word on it, unlimited tests, the score card, and the retest of whatever was missed. One purchase unlocks every week's list and one for each child, your own voice on any word, and every week's scores kept. No subscription, no ads, no account. Works on iPhone and iPad, offline, in English. Privacy policy: https://spelli.vadapalas-zigmas.workers.dev/privacy Terms of use: https://spelli.vadapalas-zigmas.workers.dev/terms