Many teachers have been using KP Typing Tutor for teaching typing in classrooms, while Typing Course Generator was originally designed for creating typing course. They made their own 'course.txt' and 'practice.txt' files for students at different ages.
Over years, more features in respect of spelling were added to the Typing Course Generator.
With the 'Finger placement' option, you may get groups of text like:
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The to-be-typed keys: adeolyk >> Total: 86
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ad a add ad addle ale alee all allay alley alloy ally aloe aye ay dad daddy dado dale dally day dead deal deed delay dell dale do dodo doe dole doll dolly doodle dye dyke eddy eel eke elk eye kale kaledo kayak keel key koala la lad lade laded ladle lady lake laky lay lea lead leak Leal led lee leek Leo lye load lode loll loll look look loyal lye oak odd ode okay e yak ye yea yell yodel yoke yolk yoyo
While the "Finger placement" option is generally for creating typing courses, the others are for making spelling courses.
With the 'Letter strings' option, you may pick up words with letter strings appearing anywhere:
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The to-be-typed keys: bac >> Total: 18
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back aback aback bacon abacus outback tobacco baccarat bachelor bacillus backward celibacy drawback bacchanal bacterium backgammon herbaceous baccalaureate
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The to-be-typed keys: ko >> Total: 24
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kohl kopi gecko jocko koala kopje Koran korma pekoe beckon cuckoo gingko kopeck kopeck kosher kosher kowtow reckon cuckold hickory koumiss kohlrabi leukocyte kookaburra
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The to-be-typed keys: ly >> Total: 177
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fly lye lye ply sly ally duly holy July lily lynx lyre oily only rely ugly wily wily apply bally bully burly calyx curly daily dally doily dolly dryly early filly flyer folly gaily godly golly gully haply holly imply jelly jolly lowly lying lymph lynch lyric Lysol manly mealy molly Nelly polyp rally reply sally silly silly sully surly surly tally truly bodily comely coolly
...
With the 'Head strings' option, you may pick up words with initial letter strings:
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The to-be-typed keys: bac >> Total: 10
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baccalaureate baccarat bacchanal bachelor bacillus back backgammon backward bacon bacterium
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The to-be-typed keys: ko >> Total: 14
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koala kohl kohlrabi kookaburra kopeck kopeck kopi kopje Koran korma kosher kosher koumiss kowtow
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The to-be-typed keys: ly >> Total: 12
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lyceum lye lye lying lymph lynch lynchpin lynx lyre lyric lyrical Lysol
With the 'tail strings' option, you may pick up words with tail letter strings:
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The to-be-typed keys: te >> Total: 685
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Te ante ante bate bite cite cote date date dote fate fete gate hate jute kite late lute mate mate mete mite mote mute note note pate rate rite rote rote sate site tote vote abate acute agate baste brute carte caste chute crate elate elite flute forte grate haste irate orate paste plate Porte prate quite quote route skate slate smite smote ... incommensurate
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The to-be-typed keys: ly >> Total: 129
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fly ply sly ally ... sprightly melancholy academically diametrically
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The to-be-typed keys: tion >> Total: 416
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action lotion motion nation notion notion option potion ration auction bastion caption caution coition ... generalization multiplication predestination predisposition supererogation transmigration dissatisfaction tintinnabulation consubstantiation contradistinction
With the 'Regular expression' option, you may find out words matching any of the regular expressions:
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The to-be-typed keys: t\w+g >> Total: 20
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taking tag taking tang tatting tag thing thong throng ticking ting tog topping
touching tubing tug tuning twang twig tying
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The to-be-typed keys: t\w+d >> Total: 31
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tabard tabloid tamarind tankard tend tepid third thousand thread threshold
thyroid timid titivated toad told torpid torrid toward tread trend triad tried
tripod trod tumid turbid turgid tweed tweed twinned typhoid
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The to-be-typed keys: br\w+ >> Total: 113
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bra brace bracelet bracken bracket bract brad brag brae braid brain braise brake
bramble branch brand brandish brandy brash brass brassard brasserie brat bravado
brave bravo brawl brawn bray breach bread breadth break breakable breakage
breaker breakfast breakneck breast breath breathe bred breech breeches breed
brethren brevet breviary brevity brew briar bribe bridal bride bridge bridge
bridle brief brig briefs brigand brigantine bright brilliant brim brimstone
bring brine brink briny brioche briquette brisk brisket bristle brittle broach
broad brocade broccoli brochure brogue brogue broil broke broken broker bromide
bromine bronchi bronco bronze brooch brood brook broom brother brothel brougham
brought brow brown browse bruin bruise brunch brunette brunt brush brusque
brutal brute brinish
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The to-be-typed keys: b\w+oo\w >> Total: 7
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baboon balloon billhook blood bloom buffoon bloom
To find more details of regular expressions, please read the syntax of regular of expressions.
You may of course mix the results using your favorite text editor to make a spelling course. Please remember to remove any slang words from the dictionary files first.
Here I would like to recommend two useful tool to edit the text files:
- Jedi Editor http://jediedit.heha.net/
- WinMerge -- a diff. tool http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/
These tools are also freeware.