diff --git a/functions/index.js b/functions/index.js
index dd4f2a2..54d32f6 100644
--- a/functions/index.js
+++ b/functions/index.js
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ exports.getGroupMembers = functions.https.onCall((data, context) => {
 /**
  * Creates new progress document.
  * @param {object} data The data passed to the function.
+ * @param {boolean} data.ignoreAccents Whether accents on letters should matter during the test. Optional.
  * @param {boolean} data.ignoreCaps Whether capitalisation of answers should matter during the test. Optional.
  * @param {boolean} data.limit The maximum number of lives/questions for the test.
  * @param {boolean} data.mode The mode to be tested in. Valid options are "questions" and "lives".
@@ -174,7 +175,14 @@ exports.createProgress = functions.https.onCall((data, context) => {
 		data.ignoreCaps = false;
 		console.log("ignoreCaps not provided - using default value of false");
 	} else if (typeof data.ignoreCaps !== "boolean") {
-		throw new functions.https.HttpsError("invalid-argument", "showNumberOfAnswers must be a boolean");
+		throw new functions.https.HttpsError("invalid-argument", "ignoreCaps must be a boolean");
+	}
+
+	if (typeof data.ignoreAccents === "undefined") {
+		data.ignoreAccents = false;
+		console.log("ignoreAccents not provided - using default value of false");
+	} else if (typeof data.ignoreAccents !== "boolean") {
+		throw new functions.https.HttpsError("invalid-argument", "ignoreAccents must be a boolean");
 	}
 
 	if (typeof data.showNumberOfAnswers === "undefined") {
@@ -256,6 +264,7 @@ exports.createProgress = functions.https.onCall((data, context) => {
 			set_titles: setIds.map((setId) => setTitlesDict[setId]),
 			typo: false,
 			ignoreCaps: data.ignoreCaps,
+			ignoreAccents: data.ignoreAccents,
 			showNumberOfAnswers: data.showNumberOfAnswers,
 		}
 
@@ -420,9 +429,10 @@ exports.createProgressWithIncorrect = functions.https.onCall((data, context) =>
  * @param {string} item The term/definition to remove the characters that should be ignored from.
  * @return {string} The original string with the unwanted characters removed.
  */
-function cleanseVocabString(item, ignoreCaps=false) {
+function cleanseVocabString(item, ignoreCaps=false, ignoreAccents=false) {
 	const chars = /[\p{P}\p{S} ]+/ug;
-	const cleansed = item.replace(chars, "");
+	let cleansed = item.replace(chars, "");
+	if (ignoreAccents) cleansed = cleansed.normalize('NFD').replace(/\p{Diacritic}/gu, "");
 	if (ignoreCaps) {
 		return cleansed.toLowerCase();
 	} else {
@@ -494,6 +504,8 @@ exports.processAnswer = functions.https.onCall((data, context) => {
 
 			return transaction.get(progressDoc.data().switch_language ? termDocId : definitionDocId).then((answerDoc) => {
 				const docData = progressDoc.data();
+				docData.ignoreCaps = docData.ignoreCaps === true;
+				docData.ignoreAccents = docData.ignoreAccents === true;
 				const mode = docData.mode;
 				const correctAnswers = answerDoc.data().item;
 				const splitCorrectAnswers = correctAnswers.split("/");
@@ -507,15 +519,16 @@ exports.processAnswer = functions.https.onCall((data, context) => {
 						cleansedDoneSplitCorrectAnswers.push(
 							cleanseVocabString(
 								notDoneSplitCorrectAnswers.splice(index, 1)[0],
-								docData.ignoreCaps
+								docData.ignoreCaps,
+								docData.ignoreAccents
 							)
 						);
 					}
 				});
-				const cleansedNotDoneSplitCorrectAnswers = notDoneSplitCorrectAnswers.map((answer) => cleanseVocabString(answer, docData.ignoreCaps));
+				const cleansedNotDoneSplitCorrectAnswers = notDoneSplitCorrectAnswers.map((answer) => cleanseVocabString(answer, docData.ignoreCaps, docData.ignoreAccents));
 
 				const cleansedSplitCorrectAnswers = cleansedNotDoneSplitCorrectAnswers.concat(cleansedDoneSplitCorrectAnswers);
-				const cleansedInputAnswer = cleanseVocabString(inputAnswer, docData.ignoreCaps);
+				const cleansedInputAnswer = cleanseVocabString(inputAnswer, docData.ignoreCaps, docData.ignoreAccents);
 
 				let isCorrectAnswer = false;
 				let correctAnswerIndex;
diff --git a/src/ClassicTestStart.js b/src/ClassicTestStart.js
index 4b4221d..66655ff 100644
--- a/src/ClassicTestStart.js
+++ b/src/ClassicTestStart.js
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ export default function ClassicTestStart(props) {
 						/>
 						<span>Ignore capitals</span>
 					</label>
+					<label>
+						<Checkbox
+							checked={props.ignoreAccents}
+							onChange={props.handleIgnoreAccentsChange}
+							inputProps={{ 'aria-label': 'checkbox' }}
+						/>
+						<span>Ignore accents</span>
+					</label>
 					<label>
 						<Checkbox
 							checked={props.showNumberOfAnswers}
diff --git a/src/LivesTestStart.js b/src/LivesTestStart.js
index d09c762..2a012bf 100644
--- a/src/LivesTestStart.js
+++ b/src/LivesTestStart.js
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ export default function LivesTestStart(props) {
 						/>
 						<span>Ignore capitals</span>
 					</label>
+					<label>
+						<Checkbox
+							checked={props.ignoreAccents}
+							onChange={props.handleIgnoreAccentsChange}
+							inputProps={{ 'aria-label': 'checkbox' }}
+						/>
+						<span>Ignore accents</span>
+					</label>
 					<label>
 						<Checkbox
 							checked={props.showNumberOfAnswers}
diff --git a/src/LoggedInHome.js b/src/LoggedInHome.js
index fe95585..c043df8 100644
--- a/src/LoggedInHome.js
+++ b/src/LoggedInHome.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export default withRouter(class LoggedInHome extends React.Component {
 			sliderValue: 1,
 			switchLanguage: false,
 			ignoreCaps: false,
+			ignoreAccents: false,
 			showNumberOfAnswers: false,
 			totalTestQuestions: 1,
 			pendingDeletions: {},
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ export default withRouter(class LoggedInHome extends React.Component {
 				mode: mode,
 				limit: this.state.sliderValue,
 				ignoreCaps: this.state.ignoreCaps,
+				ignoreAccents: this.state.ignoreAccents,
 				showNumberOfAnswers: this.state.showNumberOfAnswers,
 			}).then((result) => {
 				const progressId = result.data;
@@ -360,6 +362,12 @@ export default withRouter(class LoggedInHome extends React.Component {
 		});
 	}
 
+	handleIgnoreAccentsChange = (event) => {
+		this.setState({
+			ignoreAccents: event.target.checked,
+		});
+	}
+
 	handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange = (event) => {
 		this.setState({
 			showNumberOfAnswers: event.target.checked,
@@ -586,9 +594,11 @@ export default withRouter(class LoggedInHome extends React.Component {
 						onSliderChange={this.changeSliderValue}
 						switchLanguage={this.state.switchLanguage}
 						ignoreCaps={this.state.ignoreCaps}
+						ignoreAccents={this.state.ignoreAccents}
 						showNumberOfAnswers={this.state.showNumberOfAnswers}
 						handleSwitchLanguageChange={this.handleSwitchLanguageChange}
 						handleIgnoreCapsChange={this.handleIgnoreCapsChange}
+						handleIgnoreAccentsChange={this.handleIgnoreAccentsChange}
 						handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange={this.handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange}
 						loading={this.state.loading}
 					/>
@@ -603,9 +613,11 @@ export default withRouter(class LoggedInHome extends React.Component {
 						onSliderChange={this.changeSliderValue}
 						switchLanguage={this.state.switchLanguage}
 						ignoreCaps={this.state.ignoreCaps}
+						ignoreAccents={this.state.ignoreAccents}
 						showNumberOfAnswers={this.state.showNumberOfAnswers}
 						handleSwitchLanguageChange={this.handleSwitchLanguageChange}
 						handleIgnoreCapsChange={this.handleIgnoreCapsChange}
+						handleIgnoreAccentsChange={this.handleIgnoreAccentsChange}
 						handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange={this.handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange}
 						loading={this.state.loading}
 					/>
diff --git a/src/Progress.js b/src/Progress.js
index bcac970..469cf50 100644
--- a/src/Progress.js
+++ b/src/Progress.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export default withRouter(class Progress extends React.Component {
 		startTime: null,
 		sound: false,
 		ignoreCaps: false,
+		ignoreAccents: false,
 		numberOfAnswers: null,
 		virtualKeyboardLanguage: "english",
 		virtualKeyboardLayoutName: "default",
@@ -757,8 +758,6 @@ export default withRouter(class Progress extends React.Component {
 													"Answers:"
 												}
 											</h2>
-											{this.state.currentCorrect.map((vocab, index) => 
-												{this.state.currentCorrect.map((vocab, index) =>
 											{this.state.currentCorrect.map((vocab, index) => 
 												<p key={index}>{vocab}</p>
 											)}
diff --git a/src/SearchSets.js b/src/SearchSets.js
index 56163bf..6059886 100644
--- a/src/SearchSets.js
+++ b/src/SearchSets.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export default withRouter(class SearchSets extends Component {
 			showLivesTestStart: false,
 			searchInput: "",
 			ignoreCaps: false,
+			ignoreAccents: false,
 			showNumberOfAnswers: false,
 			switchLanguage: false,
 			sliderValue: 1,
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ export default withRouter(class SearchSets extends Component {
 				mode: mode,
 				limit: this.state.sliderValue,
 				ignoreCaps: this.state.ignoreCaps,
+				ignoreAccents: this.state.ignoreAccents,
 				showNumberOfAnswers: this.state.showNumberOfAnswers,
 			}).then((result) => {
 				const progressId = result.data;
@@ -251,6 +253,12 @@ export default withRouter(class SearchSets extends Component {
 		});
 	}
 
+	handleIgnoreAccentsChange = (event) => {
+		this.setState({
+			ignoreAccents: event.target.checked,
+		});
+	}
+
 	handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange = (event) => {
 		this.setState({
 			showNumberOfAnswers: event.target.checked,
@@ -356,9 +364,11 @@ export default withRouter(class SearchSets extends Component {
 						onSliderChange={this.changeSliderValue}
 						switchLanguage={this.state.switchLanguage}
 						ignoreCaps={this.state.ignoreCaps}
+						ignoreAccents={this.state.ignoreAccents}
 						showNumberOfAnswers={this.state.showNumberOfAnswers}
 						handleSwitchLanguageChange={this.handleSwitchLanguageChange}
 						handleIgnoreCapsChange={this.handleIgnoreCapsChange}
+						handleIgnoreAccentsChange={this.handleIgnoreAccentsChange}
 						handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange={this.handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange}
 						loading={this.state.loading}
 					/>
@@ -373,9 +383,11 @@ export default withRouter(class SearchSets extends Component {
 						onSliderChange={this.changeSliderValue}
 						switchLanguage={this.state.switchLanguage}
 						ignoreCaps={this.state.ignoreCaps}
+						ignoreAccents={this.state.ignoreAccents}
 						showNumberOfAnswers={this.state.showNumberOfAnswers}
 						handleSwitchLanguageChange={this.handleSwitchLanguageChange}
 						handleIgnoreCapsChange={this.handleIgnoreCapsChange}
+						handleIgnoreAccentsChange={this.handleIgnoreAccentsChange}
 						handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange={this.handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange}
 						loading={this.state.loading}
 					/>
diff --git a/src/SetPage.js b/src/SetPage.js
index 9d642ad..3ec880d 100644
--- a/src/SetPage.js
+++ b/src/SetPage.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export default withRouter(class SetPage extends React.Component {
 			sliderValue: 1,
 			switchLanguage: false,
 			ignoreCaps: false,
+			ignoreAccents: false,
 			showNumberOfAnswers: false,
 			totalTestQuestions: 1,
 		};
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ export default withRouter(class SetPage extends React.Component {
 				mode: mode,
 				limit: this.state.sliderValue,
 				ignoreCaps: this.state.ignoreCaps,
+				ignoreAccents: this.state.ignoreAccents,
 				showNumberOfAnswers: this.state.showNumberOfAnswers,
 			}).then((result) => {
 				const progressId = result.data;
@@ -342,6 +344,12 @@ export default withRouter(class SetPage extends React.Component {
 		});
 	}
 
+	handleIgnoreAccentsChange = (event) => {
+		this.setState({
+			ignoreAccents: event.target.checked,
+		});
+	}
+
 	handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange = (event) => {
 		this.setState({
 			showNumberOfAnswers: event.target.checked,
@@ -496,9 +504,11 @@ export default withRouter(class SetPage extends React.Component {
 								onSliderChange={this.changeSliderValue}
 								switchLanguage={this.state.switchLanguage}
 								ignoreCaps={this.state.ignoreCaps}
+								ignoreAccents={this.state.ignoreAccents}
 								showNumberOfAnswers={this.state.showNumberOfAnswers}
 								handleSwitchLanguageChange={this.handleSwitchLanguageChange}
 								handleIgnoreCapsChange={this.handleIgnoreCapsChange}
+								handleIgnoreAccentsChange={this.handleIgnoreAccentsChange}
 								handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange={this.handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange}
 								loading={this.state.loading}
 								disabled={!this.state.canStartTest}
@@ -514,9 +524,11 @@ export default withRouter(class SetPage extends React.Component {
 								onSliderChange={this.changeSliderValue}
 								switchLanguage={this.state.switchLanguage}
 								ignoreCaps={this.state.ignoreCaps}
+								ignoreAccents={this.state.ignoreAccents}
 								showNumberOfAnswers={this.state.showNumberOfAnswers}
 								handleSwitchLanguageChange={this.handleSwitchLanguageChange}
 								handleIgnoreCapsChange={this.handleIgnoreCapsChange}
+								handleIgnoreAccentsChange={this.handleIgnoreAccentsChange}
 								handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange={this.handleShowNumberOfAnswersChange}
 								loading={this.state.loading}
 								disabled={!this.state.canStartTest}
diff --git a/test/functions.test.js b/test/functions.test.js
index 0a473aa..705d72d 100644
--- a/test/functions.test.js
+++ b/test/functions.test.js
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ describe("Parandum Cloud Functions", function () {
 			sets: [setOne],
 			mode: "questions",
 			limit: 2,
+			ignoreAccents: false,
+			ignoreCaps: false,
+			showNumberOfAnswers: false,
 		};
 
 		const progressId = await createProgress(requestData);
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ describe("Parandum Cloud Functions", function () {
 		});
 	});
 
-	it("createProgress can create new questions mode progress file from multiple existing sets", async () => {
+	it("createProgress can create new questions mode progress file from multiple existing sets with all test aids enabled", async () => {
 		const createProgress = test.wrap(cloudFunctions.createProgress);
 
 		const setDataOne = {
@@ -218,6 +221,9 @@ describe("Parandum Cloud Functions", function () {
 			sets: [setOne, setTwo],
 			mode: "questions",
 			limit: 4,
+			ignoreAccents: true,
+			ignoreCaps: true,
+			showNumberOfAnswers: true,
 		};
 
 		const progressId = await createProgress(requestData);
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ describe("Parandum Cloud Functions", function () {
 		assert.strictEqual(snapAfter.typo, false);
 	});
 
-	it("createProgress can create new lives mode progress file from existing set", async () => {
+	it("createProgress can create new lives mode progress file from existing set with no test aids enabled", async () => {
 		const createProgress = test.wrap(cloudFunctions.createProgress);
 
 		const setDataOne = {
@@ -271,6 +277,9 @@ describe("Parandum Cloud Functions", function () {
 			sets: [setOne],
 			mode: "lives",
 			limit: 2,
+			ignoreAccents: false,
+			ignoreCaps: false,
+			showNumberOfAnswers: false,
 		};
 
 		const progressId = await createProgress(requestData);
@@ -328,6 +337,9 @@ describe("Parandum Cloud Functions", function () {
 			sets: [setOne],
 			mode: "questions",
 			limit: 2,
+			ignoreAccents: false,
+			ignoreCaps: false,
+			showNumberOfAnswers: false,
 		};
 
 		firebase.assertSucceeds(createProgress(requestData));
@@ -363,6 +375,9 @@ describe("Parandum Cloud Functions", function () {
 			sets: [setTwo],
 			mode: "questions",
 			limit: 2,
+			ignoreAccents: false,
+			ignoreCaps: false,
+			showNumberOfAnswers: false,
 		};
 		
 		firebase.assertFails(createProgress(requestData));