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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Incorrect spelling

Incorrect spelling

  • Inability to spell
  • Spelling disorder
  • Cacography

Incidence

According to a 1992 UK survey of 1,000 people, only 1 in 6 adults could correctly spell six familiar words (necessary, accommodation, sincerely, business, separate, height). 1 in 10 of the adults tested failed to spell any of the six words correctly.

Broader

Functional illiteracy
Presentable
Lack of ability
Unpresentable
Verbal ugliness
Yet to rate
Developmental disabilities
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Limited writing ability
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Limited verbal skills
Presentable
Instability of orthographic standards
Presentable
Ignorance of grammar
Presentable
Complicated spelling
Presentable

Related

Limited reading ability
Yet to rate

Value

Incorrectness
Yet to rate
Inability
Yet to rate
Disorder
Yet to rate
Disability
Yet to rate
Ability
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #4: Quality Education

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
E4302
DOCID
11543020
D7NID
133846
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/incorrect-spelling
Last update
Nov 30, 2022