Ultimate spelling quiz

[videoguy]

http://www.alphadictionary.com/artic...pell_quiz.html
This is a pretty cool spelling quiz, based on the 100 most frequently misspelled words in English. Whenever I got close to 90%, I got knocked back to reality. I ended up with 83%.

How about you?

[smackmac]

Did they have to use every word I spell wrong?

I ended up with 79%.

[AnglRdr]

79%. I am a terrible speller.

[Lainie]

Y'all are making me feel better about my 90-92%.

[glass papaya]

92%, but I did guess on a few and got them right.

[Beejtronic]

79%. Grr. Though I probably should have slowed down a bit.

[Tweetilynn]

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okay, I chose Chile and got it wrong. Guess they wanted the food not the country! 81% They chose many of the ones with which I always have problems.

[AQB, Max's DHB]

I got 99 out of 100 right. Stupid orange-fleshed melon.

[RivkahChaya]

I can't get it to load, and I love stuff like this.

[smackmac]

Originally Posted by Tweetilynn

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spoiler removed 81% They chose many of the ones with which I always have problems.

Me, too. I just automatically assumed country because I figured that the test would assume that people would think the country is spelled like the food.

That'll teach me!

[lord_feldon]

It also gives a choice between rhyme and rime. Both of those are words.

[RivkahChaya]

OK, got it to load.

100% .

Originally Posted by smackmac

Me, too. I just automatically assumed country because I figured that the test would assume that people would think the country is spelled like the food.

The country would be capitalized.

Originally Posted by lord_feldon

It also gives a choice between rhyme and rime. Both of those are words.

I noticed that too, but aside from the fact that these are supposed to be "frequently misspelled words," and "rime" isn't even frequently used, the projected audience is kids, so I went with "rhyme." That would be a very bad question on something that mattered, though, like the SAT.

[Insensible Crier]

Wow. You people are amazing to me, seriously. I'm not posting my score. Let's just say there's a reason dyslexic people don't usually win spelling bees.

[mags]

I feel pretty good about my 83%. I have actually gotten a lot better than I used to be at spelling from having automatic spell checking.

[Brad from Georgia]

I got 100%, which is not surprising since I teach English. But as someone noted two perfectly acceptable alternate spellings of a word appear in one item--either is "correct." I had a feeling that the test was going for the spelling I do not like (because it isn't the original spelling of the word, but one that the word picked up second hand--highlight to reveal:rime became rhyme only because it "matched" the word rhythm; and rime is the correct spelling for "a coating of frost or ice").

[Tootsie Plunkette]

I got 91% but I should have done better; feeling stupid tonight.

[Latiam]

The thing loads but when I click nothing happens. I'd like to do it too, since I am a teacher and all.

[Radical Dory]

73%. Yeah, I've never ben a grate spellor.

Some of those I've had to learn; you've got to spell category correctly if you're a wiki editor, right? And separate I always remember because one of my favorite books growing up taught me a trick; it has "a rat" in it. Needless to say, I always double-checked the spelling words I put up at the beginning of the week when I taught.

But "necessarily" is the most evil word in the English language. I can never spell it correctly without looking it up first, including when I wrote it up there just now. You'd think I'd have learned it, but I can still mess it up so badly that the spellcheck won't even give me spelling suggestions for it.

[kizzcee007]

it isn't working for me ...boohoo

[Miki Fantastico]

*whispers* 99%. Why have I always got 99% on spelling tests as long as I can remember? My missed word was harass this time. (The word that shot me down in middle school, privilege, was there too, and this time I didn't put an extra D in it.) I had to guess at the American spelling of manoeuvre though.