If a patient has problems spelling unfamiliar words and non-words, but not known words, they might be suffering from:

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This type of dysgraphia, called phonological dysgraphia, is characterized by difficulty spelling non-words or unfamiliar words. However, known words are spelled correctly, suggesting that the patient has intact whole-word knowledge but impaired phonological processing. Anomia refers to difficulty with word-finding or naming, surface dysgraphia refers to difficulty with spelling irregular words, surface dyslexia refers to difficulty with reading irregular words, and jargon aphasia refers to a type of language disorder involving fluent but meaningless speech.

If a Patient Has Problems Spelling Unfamiliar Words and Non-Words