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spell·ing  (splng)

n.

1.

a. The forming of words with letters in an accepted order; orthography.

b. The art or study of orthography.

2. The way in which a word is spelled.

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spelling

Noun

1. the way a word is spelt: the British spelling of `theatre'

2. a person's ability to spell: my spelling used to be excellent

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Spelling

See also language.

cacography

the practice or defect of incorrect spelling. — cacographer, n. — cacographic, cacographical, adj.

glossic

a phonetic spelling system in which for each sound the letter or digraph most commonly found representing that sound is used.

hetericism

Rare. the study of nonphonetic spelling. — hetericist, n.

heterography

1. the practice of spelling in a way contrary to standard usage.
2. the use of the same letters or combinations of letters to represent different sounds, as in English tough and dough. — heterographic, heterographical, adj.

orthography

1. the art of writing words according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
2. that part of grammar that treats of letters and spelling.
3. a method of spelling. — orthographer, n. — orthographic, adj.

phonography

any phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand system. — phonog-rapher, phonographist, n. — phonographic, phonographical, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols misspelling - a spelling that is incorrect alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

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spelling

noun orthography,

Translations

spelling [ˈspɛlɪŋ] n → ortografía

spelling [ˈspɛlɪŋ] spell n → orthographe f

spelling [ˈspɛlɪŋ] spell n → Schreibweise f;

(ability) → Rechtschreibung f;

spelling mistake spell → Rechtschreibfehler m

spelling [ˈspɛlɪŋ] n → ortografia