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# dyslexia

«dyslexia» in Mova's school dictionary: **a common difference in how the brain works with words…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dyslexia, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dyslexia is a common difference in how the brain works with words, which makes reading, spelling and sometimes writing harder, even for clever people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/#m1)

2) Someone who has dyslexia is described as dyslexic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, pupils learn that dyslexia has nothing to do with being clever or lazy; many inventors, artists and business people are dyslexic. Helpful things include coloured overlays, clear fonts, extra time in tests, audiobooks and multi-sensory spelling. It is about one in ten people. Phrases: «have dyslexia», «be dyslexic», «dyslexia-friendly font», «support for dyslexia».

### examples

- My friend has dyslexia, so she uses a coloured overlay to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/#x1)
- Dyslexia makes spelling hard, but he is brilliant at maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/#x2)
- Many famous artists and scientists have dyslexia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/#x3)
- The teacher printed the worksheet in a dyslexia-friendly font. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/#x4)
- Dyslexic pupils can have extra time in tests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/#x5)
- Audiobooks help my cousin who has dyslexia enjoy stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «dyslexia», not «a dyslexia». Adjective: «dyslexic». Myth: dyslexia is not «seeing letters backwards» only, and it is not caused by poor teaching or low intelligence. It is not an illness that you catch.

### In the corpora

- [Dyslexia is a lasting difficulty with reading and spelling; only a specialist can identify it, never from one mistake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/26/)
- [Mixing up b and d is common up to about age seven and does not by itself mean dyslexia.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dyslexia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dyslexia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.