Eevn wehn wrdos are wrtietn cmolepelty worng, poelpe can otefn raed tehm as lnog as the fsrit and lsat lteerts are in the rghit psotioin. Tihs pemnhoneon occrus bceuase our brinas are good at prosceisng and itenrperintg lnagauge bsaed on centxot and ptaetnrs.

Wehn we raed, we don’t jsut rley on inivadidul lteters, but aslo tkae itno acounct the sruronduing cntoext, wrod lnegth and our knwlodege of cmoomn wrod ptatenrs. As a reulst, our barnis can sitll uenrstdand a txet eevn if ltetres in ecah wrod are mxeid tgoehter, as we reocgzine the oevrlal sahpe and stucrurte of the wrod wilhe uisng our udneratsnding of the lagnugae.