# Just to clarify: dysphonetics indicates dyslexia?

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**Created:** [October 24, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-clarify-dysphonetics-indicates-dyslexia/600635 "2011-10-24T16:09:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-clarify-dysphonetics-indicates-dyslexia/600635/1 "2011-10-24T16:09:39Z")

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> **[Are poor spellers stupid?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344112/are-poor-spellers-stupid)**

So frequent switching around or missing syllables indicates dyslexia? Even if the person really enjoys reading and generally does well in school?

(And how’s this for irony: on my first reading I saw that as “dysphonic.”)

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-clarify-dysphonetics-indicates-dyslexia/600635/2 "2011-10-25T00:53:57Z")

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> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#):
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> So frequent switching around or missing syllables indicates dyslexia? Even if the person really enjoys reading and generally does well in school?

It’s a common indication. It’s not generally considered diagnostic (i.e., if it happens to you, that proves you’re dyslexic). I have no difficulty reading or spelling but in my handwriting often skip letters. No one would diagnose me as dyslexic but someone seeing this longstanding pattern might say I had a minor cognitive disorder.