title: Can't convert 'list'object to str implicitly Python
body: <p>I am trying to import the alphabet but split it so that each character is in one array but not one string. splitting it works but when I try to use it to find how many characters are in an inputted word I get the error 'TypeError: Can't convert 'list' object to str implicitly'. Does anyone know how I would go around solving this? Any help appreciated. The code is below.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import string
  alphabet = string.ascii_letters
  print (alphabet)
  splitalphabet = list(alphabet)
  print (splitalphabet)
  
  x = 1
  j = year3wordlist[x].find(splitalphabet)
  k = year3studentwordlist[x].find(splitalphabet)
  print (j)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>EDIT: Sorry, my explanation is kinda bad, I was in a rush. What I am wanting to do is count each individual letter of a word because I am coding a spelling bee program. For example, if the correct word is 'because', and the user who is taking part in the spelling bee has entered 'becuase', I want the program to count the characters and location of the characters of the correct word AND the user's inputted word and compare them to give the student a mark - possibly by using some kind of point system. The problem I have is that I can't simply say if it is right or wrong, I have to award 1 mark if the word is close to being right, which is what I am trying to do. What I have tried to do in the code above is split the alphabet and then use this to try and find which characters have been used in the inputted word (the one in year3studentwordlist) versus the correct word (year3wordlist).</p>