Similar Words

Why train this

Reading errors at high speed often come from sloppy visual processing of similar-looking words — your brain fills in what it expected to see. Forcing your eye to discriminate near-identical word forms tightens accuracy so you can push speed without losing meaning.

How to do it

A target word is shown with four choices: the word itself and three look-alikes that differ by one or two letters. Tap the exact match. A session is twenty rounds.

What it trains:

Telling apart words that look almost the same.

Options:

None.

Suggested time:

One to two minutes (twenty rounds).

Like every Tachi drill, this is structured practice: you get better at the drill task itself, while evidence that such exercises carry over to everyday reading speed is weak. See what to expect, honestly.

• How this drill fits the Tachi method