gistfile1.py

worddict = set()
with open ('words.txt') as fh:
    lines = fh.readlines()
    for element in lines:
        words = element.rstrip()
        worddict.add(words)
print '{0} words in spelling words'.format(len(worddict))
 
 
with open ('3-2_example.txt') as ex:
#    exlines = ex.read().split()
#    exlines = ex.read().split('\n')
    count = 0 
#    for exelement in exlines:
    for line in ex.readlines():
        count = count + 1
        for exelement in line.split():
            exwords = exelement.strip('.').strip(',').strip(';').strip(':').lower()
            if exwords not in worddict:
                print 'misspelled word on line {0}: {1}'.format(count, exwords)