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LearnThatWord |
Spelling City |
Non-profit. Vocabulary Junction, our global literacy campaign, provides free premium tutoring for 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. |
For-profit |
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Vocabulary tutoring: FREE! |
Paid premium feature. |
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Learn words 10x faster with sessions MADE JUST FOR YOU. Focus your energy on words that actually NEED practice. We track your answers and manage your progress! |
No personalization at all. Premium upgrade only remembers lists (not your performance, mind you!). |
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Practice words until you get them right, every time (spaced repetition). We turn practice words into active vocabulary and guarantee results. |
No spaced repetition. No managed follow up on words you don't know. Nothing but mindless busy work. |
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Group students as needed: FREE! |
Paid premium feature. |
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Send words to student accounts: FREE (even send via email)! |
Paid premium feature. (No email feature) |
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Bookmark the lists you use: FREE! |
Paid premium feature. |
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180,000 words, constantly expanded |
42,000 (many of them variants of a word) |
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FREE multimedia dictionary (unlimited access): Multiple definitions (or add your own). |
Very limited word resources. Paid: definition. |
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Plus, free for all, forever: Images! Videos! Audio from around the world! Word origins! Root words! Visual thesaurus! Tutoring comments! Part of speech! Antonym/synonym! Rhymes with! Conjugations! Limericks! |
Paid premium features: |
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7 ready-made goal modules (see left). Mouse over the question mark to meet our word genie. |
Not available. You have to piece your progress together yourself. |
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Vocabulary-Spelling combo quizzes |
Either test practice spelling or vocabulary |
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Ad-free (both free or premium version) |
Free version full of ads |
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US, UK, and common variants accepted. |
US centric (separate UK lists) |
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Earn rewards, diplomas, even real-world prizes! The biggest reward: Speedy progress! |
No rewards. No prizes. |
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Nr | Query | Error | Affected | Num. rows | Took (ms) |
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1 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `classes` | 11 | 11 | 1 | |
2 | SELECT CHARACTER_SET_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLLATIONS WHERE COLLATION_NAME= 'utf8_general_ci'; | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `chapters` | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
4 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users` | 55 | 55 | 2 | |
5 | SELECT CHARACTER_SET_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLLATIONS WHERE COLLATION_NAME= 'utf8_bin'; | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
6 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `keys` | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
7 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_keys` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
8 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words` | 24 | 24 | 2 | |
9 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `limericks` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
10 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `roots` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
11 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `senses` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
12 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `videos` | 14 | 14 | 1 | |
13 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_chapters` | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
14 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_alternates` | 10 | 10 | 1 | |
15 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_antonyms` | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
16 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_limericks` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
17 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_related_words` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
18 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_roots` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
19 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_same_context_words` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
20 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_senses` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
21 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_synonyms` | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
22 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_quiz_synonyms` | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
23 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_videos` | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
24 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `user_practice_words` | 16 | 16 | 1 | |
25 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `word_lists` | 12 | 12 | 2 | |
26 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `schools` | 24 | 24 | 1 | |
27 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `partners` | 11 | 11 | 1 | |
28 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `partners_classes` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
29 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `partners_users` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
30 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_chapters` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
31 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `user_preferred_words` | 9 | 9 | 1 | |
32 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `user_unwanted_words` | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
33 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `user_spelled_words` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
34 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `word_list_bookmarks` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
35 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `word_list_ratings` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
36 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `teachers_students` | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
37 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `classes_students` | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
38 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `classes_teachers` | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
39 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `schools_teachers` | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
40 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `schools_admins` | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
41 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_sponsors` | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
42 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_friends` | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
43 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_family_sponsors` | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
44 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `classes_chapters` | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
45 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `pages` | 18 | 18 | 2 |