Preferred Australian English spelling quiz

Preferred Australian English spelling quiz

Think you're a great speller? Then think again.

Most people are lucky to spell six or seven of the following words correctly using the preferred Australian English spelling. Are you using the preferred Australian English spelling or a secondary spelling variation?

How good is your spelling?

	leucaemia leukaemia
	whiskey whisky
	daks dacks
	transshipment, transhipment
	bonzer bonza
	wagon waggon
	organise organize
	co-operate cooperate
	ice cream ice-cream
	sulphur sulfur
	Please enter your postcode for research purposes.

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Quiz results

If you scored six or seven out of ten, then you're actually doing very good. When people perform this quiz they are often quite surprised they don't get all the words correct. Try again and find out the words where you're not using the preferred Australian English spelling.

To help us research if there is a regional reason for different spelling variations, it is appreciated if people could enter their postcode. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Interested in the preferred Australian English spelling

If you'd like to use the preferred Australian English spelling in your written work, then visit the www.Australian-Dictionary.com.au site and check out the range of tools available for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac users.

Disclaimer

This calculator comes with no warranty expressed or implied. The calculator is only for informational purposes and is not guaranteed to be error free.