If you cannot read a whole word, the first thing to consider is whether you have misread the word by looking at it as a whole word, rather than taking the word letter by letter. If you read the word letter by letter and find that the problem is really with individual letters within the word, use the Problem Letters section.

If you are fairly certain of all the letters which make up the word, but you do not recognise the word, try one of the following:

Phonetic Spelling
Scots, Legal and Latin words
Sums of Money
Dates
Abbreviations

Return to the Problem Words page.