Dyslexic spelling isn’t random. English is just absurd
We’re taught that spelling is about learning the rules. But English barely follows its own rules.
The letters “ough” are pronounced differently in: through, though, thought, tough, cough, bough, thorough. Silent letters exist because of how words sounded hundreds of years ago. Words like psychology and pneumonia sound nothing like they look.
As someone with dyslexia, it always felt like everyone else had access to some hidden logic that I didn’t.
But dyslexic spelling is almost always phonetic. You write the word the way it sounds in your head. Nessasary. Farmisutical. Sikolojee. That's not random — that's logical. Just not the way the dictionary expects 😂
Over the last 6 months I’ve been building something I always wish existed. It’s a spelling search engine designed around that idea.
It tries to understand the sounds and patterns behind what you typed and after testing it against lots of real dyslexic misspellings it’s becoming really useful.
I’m now looking for people to properly stress test it with their worst spellings.
If anyone wants to try it, I’ll drop the link below.
Completely free, no signups, no ads.
Or just comment the word that completely breaks your brain every single time you try to spell it and I’ll test it.