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Nonsense Words

Anyone browsing through TRUST will see that it contains many lists of nonsense words, which are lists of non-words that rhyme with the real words in corresponding lists. To demonstrate how these lists work together, see the following tables. Below the tables you’ll find an explanation of how these lists help problem readers.

From Chapter 2:
Short Vowels

Plan A
 (real words)

Plan B
 (nonsense words)

crab

trab

scab

clab

drab

mab

jab

bab

blab

brab

From Chapter 6:
Multisyllable Words

Plan A
 (real words)

Plan B
 (nonsense words)

gravity

travity

imitate

simitate

domino

pomino

enemy

tenemy

How can these lists help frustrated students?

One of the stumbling blocks for problem readers is fear of failing... again... and again.  Each word encountered is a hurdle for them. They search their memories for a handle. Finding none, they guess.  Even if they’re right, little confidence develops.

Strangely enough, TRUST’s lists of nonsense words afford relief.  These words cannot be guessed, so a problem reader knows the words must be sounded out. Little by little, a solid foundation is established as the student becomes successful at using the sounds of the letters to figure out a word.

Return to
 How TRUST Works or TRUST Features
for more on the benefits
 of TRUST’s word lists.

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