The Spelling Society has compiled a spelling test of ten everyday words and now wants HTFP readers to see how they fare.

There will be a prize draw for entrants with a £50 Amazon voucher on offer to the winner.

To take part in the survey, follow this link.

The Spelling Society is an educational reformist group which campaigns for awareness of the problems inherent in our current spelling system – something which costs businesses millions each year in retraining.

Together with opinion pollster MORI, it has already carried out surveys among the general UK population which showed that people in the North East were the worst spellers in the UK, and that men fared worse than women overall.

Vikki Rimmer from The Spelling Society said: "The Society is keen to test the media on their spelling and survey their views on whether respondents believe spelling is better or worse now than it was ten years ago.

"The Society is particularly interested in whether those who work in the media, writing our news on a daily basis, would support an update of the current system which hasn't been reformed for over 400 years."

Overall, 53pc of people in the UK-wide survey had problems with the test and not one person out of the 1,000 surveyed got all ten words right.

Added Vikki: "No one as yet has gained a 100pc pass rate with the spelling test. Is this because our Mother Tongue is a bit of a beast to learn?"

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