Word Recognition: Find the Different Word
Three words appear below. Two are the same and one is different: find the different word. After three correct answers in a row the words get smaller and fainter; after a miss they get bigger and clearer.
20 rounds, free in your browser, using the word lists from Visionary's Word Recognition exercise. No account or download needed. This is reading practice, not an eye test; if small print has become hard to read, an eye exam is the place to start.
The fading is part of the exercise: the words get fainter as it gets harder.
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What This Exercise Practices
Words, not single letters
Reading means recognizing letters that sit close together. Vision researchers call the difficulty of telling apart closely spaced letters “crowding”, one reason small print can be harder than a single large letter. This demo keeps letter spacing fixed; it practices telling apart similar words as they get smaller and fainter.
How the difficulty adapts
The demo uses a 3-down, 1-up staircase, the same rule as the app: three correct answers in a row make the words smaller and fainter, and one miss makes them larger and clearer. Text size runs from 28 to 14 pixels and contrast from 100% to 40%, with Visionary’s own word lists.
What it does and doesn't show
Spotting the different word at a smaller size is progress in this exercise. It isn’t a measurement of your eyesight or reading vision. If near text has become hard to read, see an optometrist or ophthalmologist.
In the app
Visionary’s Word Recognition and Sentence Recognition exercises use the same idea with more word lists, sentences and saved session history. One practice session each day is free.