[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":121},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fspaced-repetition-explained\u002F":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":110,"description":111,"extension":112,"image":113,"language":114,"meta":115,"navigation":116,"path":117,"seo":118,"stem":119,"__hash__":120},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fspaced-repetition-explained.md","Spaced repetition, explained simply",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":102},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,85,88,92,95,99],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Your memory does not decay at a constant rate. It drops fast at first, then\nslows. Spaced repetition exploits that curve.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-forgetting-curve","The forgetting curve",[10,19,20],{},"Learn a word today and you will have lost most of it within a few days — unless\nyou meet it again. Each successful review flattens the curve, and the next review\ncan wait longer.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"what-that-means-in-practice","What that means in practice",[26,27,28,41],"table",{},[29,30,31],"thead",{},[32,33,34,38],"tr",{},[35,36,37],"th",{},"Review",[35,39,40],{},"Typical interval",[42,43,44,53,61,69,77],"tbody",{},[32,45,46,50],{},[47,48,49],"td",{},"1st",[47,51,52],{},"1 day",[32,54,55,58],{},[47,56,57],{},"2nd",[47,59,60],{},"3 days",[32,62,63,66],{},[47,64,65],{},"3rd",[47,67,68],{},"1 week",[32,70,71,74],{},[47,72,73],{},"4th",[47,75,76],{},"3 weeks",[32,78,79,82],{},[47,80,81],{},"5th",[47,83,84],{},"2 months",[10,86,87],{},"The intervals are not magic numbers; they adapt to how easily you recalled the\nword. A word you hesitated on comes back sooner.",[14,89,91],{"id":90},"why-it-feels-harder-than-rereading","Why it feels harder than rereading",[10,93,94],{},"Because it is. Retrieval — pulling the word out of your memory — is more\neffortful than recognising it on a page, and that effort is precisely what makes\nit stick. If your reviews feel comfortable, they are probably too frequent.",[14,96,98],{"id":97},"the-only-rule","The only rule",[10,100,101],{},"Do the reviews when they are due. A spaced repetition system that you check twice\na week is just a vocabulary list.",{"title":103,"searchDepth":104,"depth":104,"links":105},"",2,[106,107,108,109],{"id":16,"depth":104,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":104,"text":24},{"id":90,"depth":104,"text":91},{"id":97,"depth":104,"text":98},"2026-03-22","Why reviewing a word right before you forget it is the most efficient thing you can do with your study time.","md",null,"en",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fspaced-repetition-explained",{"title":5,"description":111},"blog\u002Fspaced-repetition-explained","056h11lT_9dq9FKscHeoPsdP0n5hNypu8IHQTnAx4iU",1790898485508]