i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Azanmig huh? yaeh! and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs forwrad it.
These are all sights word which only requires the first and last letter to be in the correct order. Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies shows this from the late 90s.
Around 70% of newspapers/magazines are made up of sights words. That’s the equivalent level of reading for pre-school through to grade 3.
For those without a degree in such subjects “sights words” are words we learn to memorise as a single entity during childhood such as “mum”, “dad”, “shoe” etc. Usually around 70% of words used in newspapers etc are sights words.
However if you use words that are too complex or rarely used (e.g. non sights words) for this task it doesn’t work! for example try and work out this (ridiculous) sentence.
cereddna form eiengeitcps aqcaunit us to ctomaeoprnry pmdraagis