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The IELTS Spelling Trap Test

Which words would cost you the mark? In IELTS Listening and Reading, a misspelled answer scores zero. Hear 15 of the words the test loves, type them, and see exactly which ones you would lose.

15 words. About three minutes.

Each word plays out loud in a sentence, the way the Listening test does. Type it and press Enter. At the end you see exactly which words would have cost you marks.

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How it works

You hear a word in a sentence, the way the Listening test gives it to you. You type it. If you miss, you see exactly which letter went wrong and why. Fifteen words, then your result.

What you get at the end

The words you would have lost marks on, what you typed, and the trap in each one. We can email you the list. Then the one thing that fixes them: the words come back tomorrow, right before you would forget them.

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