Spelling Test: Custom Lists

Spelling Test: Custom Lists turns your own English word lists into spelling practice: listen to a word, type the answer and return to mistakes. Add weekly school words or an adult learner’s difficult spellings. The interface and built-in words are English; dictation uses installed English voices with US-English pronunciation settings. YOUR WORDS, YOUR SPELLING LIST A school spelling test is easier to prepare for when practice uses the same list. Create a list for a child, add the words sent home, and include an optional example sentence when a word needs context. Keep separate lists for different learners or purposes, such as weekly spellings, a tricky word group or vocabulary you want to spell more accurately. Custom answers are checked against the spelling you entered. You can therefore use your school's spellings in a personal list even though the built-in banks use US English. Review the words and example sentences as you enter them, and check how the installed voice says them before relying on a list for independent practice. LISTEN, TYPE AND CHECK In test mode, the app says the word without displaying its spelling. The learner types the answer and receives a result. An example sentence can distinguish words that sound alike, such as two different spellings of the same sound. Built-in homophone cases include authored context sentences to make the intended word clearer. The app dictates words; it does not listen to the learner. No microphone or spoken-answer grading is used. This is English word spelling practice, rather than a pronunciation assessor or a tool for transcribing whole spoken sentences. A typed answer is what the app checks. PRACTICE BEFORE THE TEST Practice mode shows and speaks a word so the learner can study it and type it. Use that visible-word step when a list is new, then switch to listening without the answer on screen. After a test, return to missed words for another focused drill instead of repeatedly working through words that are already familiar. Answer checking ignores letter case and surrounding spaces and recognizes equivalent apostrophe forms. Accents still matter: a word with an accent should be entered with that accent. This keeps the exercise about the spelling of the chosen word while accommodating common keyboard punctuation differences. BUILT-IN WORD PRACTICE The app includes 1,000 built-in English words: 800 from Fry-derived frequency bands and 200 commonly misspelled words in the adult/ESL bank. Use a bank when you want a ready-made starting point, or create a custom list when the words for school, work or personal study are more specific. Fry groups are frequency bands, not a school curriculum, grade-level standard or an official school spelling list. The words you select should match the learner's needs. The adult/ESL bank also uses English words and US spellings; it is a spelling resource, not a complete English-language course or a translation dictionary. KEEP LEARNERS' PRACTICE SEPARATE Organize lists and practice around individual spellers. A parent helping more than one child can return to the relevant learner's work, while an adult learner can keep a separate set of words. Per-child weekly streaks reflect weeks with a completed test, and an optional local weekly reminder can help you return on a chosen evening. LOCAL PRACTICE WITH DEVICE SPEECH Lists and practice records are stored locally without a classroom account or cloud service. Dictation uses the device's installed English voices. Test the voice before an offline session; sound output is required to hear the words. The app is ad-free. Its store description may be translated, but the interface, built-in study words and speech workflow remain English. A parent or learner who needs instructions in another language should take that into account when choosing it.

Spelling Test: Practice Words now speaks each quiz word more reliably, including after you tap repeat. The purchase screen also fits without scrolling on smaller phones.