Hear it. Ask about it. Spell it.
Ask the questions spellers ask the pronouncer at a real bee. When you miss, Root Bee shows which letters went wrong and the origin rule behind them.
Tap Say the word to hear it read aloud.
One root, a whole family of words
Pick a root to see real English words built on it. Tap any word to drill it.
Guess a word's origin from its letters
Bee spellers learn to spot language patterns in unfamiliar words. This toy scores letter patterns and shows its reasoning. Heuristic, not a dictionary
It reads spelling only. Words borrowed twice (Greek through Latin through French) or respelled in English will fool it, and an English word can show a foreign pattern by chance. Check a dictionary for the real history.
See which languages are clicking
Mastery is tracked per origin, and misses are grouped by the rule behind them, so practice targets patterns instead of single words.
Words mastered by origin
Sample student (demo data). Words you spell right in the drill above are added live.
Weak patterns
Rules behind the most misses. Sample data plus this session.
Plans
Speller
- Daily bee drills across all origins
- Root trees and the origin detector
- Progress by language of origin
Coach
- Everything in Speller
- Custom word lists (upload your bee's study list)
- Unlimited drills
- Weekly report emailed to a parent
School or club
- Seats for a whole team or class
- Shared word lists and class bee mode
- Coach view of every speller's weak patterns