Is this an Aspie thing or something else?

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So long story short I have a lot of things about me that I have no idea if it is really an Asperger's thing. The one I'm talking about is a problem I have with reading. Instead of reading things THE NORMAL WAY, sometimes my brain replaces letters and some words I see aren't the words it actually says, but mostly if the words share at least 2 letters. One time I read a label of a box of coffee cakes and literally thought it said "Coffee Makers." I know this just sounds like I'm joking, but I'm not. It's really weird. It happens with signs too sometimes. And books. And on the internet. I wonder if I should see a doctor or somethoing or would it just be a waste of money. And NO, it doesn't just happen on my phone, it's not Autocorrect or T9.

I found to happen sometimes because I'm dyslexic *shrugs*

sounds like a learning disability. folks with AS tend to have LDs. i have some, but not the one you have. if you don't need accommodations in school, i wouldn't pursue it.

It's common in dyslexia, ADHD, other learning disorders and probably occurs a lot in ASD's. It happens to me all the time. Stress makes it worse. I remember I couldn't be diagnosed with dyslexia until the phantom depression and anxiety was under control.

It even happens to me in speech. Bit annoying but isn't much I can do.

It happens to me sometimes. I see words that are similar to the words that are there, but not the correct words.

What about words that are the opposite? Like have you ever said on instead of off or up instead of down?
Got me into a lot of arguments starting with 'then why say the opposite one?'

No I don't do that. I'm more likely to just lose a word and not find any other one to replace it. I end up pointing at things a lot because I forget the words for them. So I'd probably just be pointing down instead of saying up when I meant down.

I don't think it's an Aspie thing - I see mistakes in writing all the time, and, I know this is news to Aspies here, but NTs make mistakes too!

I get this a lot but I never considered it to be another ''Aspie thing''. It's just that I read or write things too quick and probably don't concentrate properly. Also when I read instructions on the packaging of a microwave meal, I keep reading the number of minutes it says over and over again because I keep thinking I might have read it wrong. But I think it's an OCD thing mixed with Emetophobia (fear of being sick). In case you're not sure how Emetophobia could be related to this, it's because if I read the instructions wrong I could then get food poisoning, which involves vomiting and salmonella.

Also (this isn't exactly related to this topic) when I started up the big school, I always used to ask my cousin (who walked to school with me) if I had my bag on my back, and he said, ''yes, why?'' and I used to say, ''well I keep thinking I'm imagining it there, so I just want somebody else to check for me.''
I still sometimes do things like that today. I blame that on absent-mindedness.