Is there a saying for

[impact5]

when you see a word with a letter missing but you can still read the word

[factor-fiction]

Nt tht 'm awre f

[saxy_jag]

I'm not an expert but I think it's to do with familiarity of syntax. It's because we often recognise word shapes by, say, the beginning, middle and end, and because we expect letter types in a certain order, then our brains join up the gaps.

We do it with word order too, as we do in the poem 'Jabberwocky'. Couldn't tell you the exact word, though.

[impact5]

cheers saxy

[heathfield]

Texting.

[swedeheart]

There's a fun word to do with being able to read scrambled words: Typoglycemia
http://theartoftheboo.../typoglycemia_12.html

If you want a more scientific term I think different researchers probably name it a bit differently depending on the angle of their own particular research project. Google "word recognition" + research, for instance.

This might interest you:

http://leicester.acad...rception_28_1413-1416

[wildwood]

Don't know if there is a name for it but as long as you only alter words of three letters or more......

Let's you puodcre scmbleard txet jsut lkie a ctraien prgpaarah taht kepes ppoipng up all oevr the pclae. "Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."

[wildwood]

oops, should looked at swedeheart's links first.

[venator]

Elision isn't quite right, but may be useful.

It's where a bit's left out to make it easier to pronounce.

[JonnyBoy12]

LOL at factors witty reply. No, I do not know either what the answer to this is.