spelling
spelling
Definition
spell·ing (-iŋ)
noun
- the act of one who spells words
- the way in which a word is spelled; orthography
spelling
Synonyms
spelling
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- surname: Correction to the spelling of the surname of two people.
- vowel: The books cover simple letter recognition, cursive writing and the alternative spellings of the vowels.
Converse of object
- standardize: FORMAT FOR DETAILS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL Surname Entered in full One transcript has " standardized spelling " .
- invent: Many secondary-school teachers would surely agree with him that the emphasis on invented spelling has gone too far in primary schools.
- check: Check the spelling of the Windows PC's host name.
- correct: We have corrected some spelling, punctuation, grammar.
Adjective modifier
- phonetic: Moreover sloppy speech combined with phonetic spelling can lead to grotesque outcomes.
- variant: We will be offering a means of searching for all of the variant spellings automatically in a later stage of the project.
- correct: You can even tell us the correct spelling of the name to print on the CD label.
- incorrect: The incorrect spelling here is probably due to Bevan being a local name in the Forest.
- alternate: Alternate spellings are a common way of making more familiar names unique.
- archaic: The New Cambridge edition is good ( but uses archaic spelling of names ) while sound editions are published by Penguin and Macmillan.
Modifies a noun
- checker: The spelling checker will then print out those words in the file text which are not in the online dictionary.
- mistake: You made a spelling mistake ' then I'd get back under your rock not bother.
- bee: Or spelling bees be small but successfully market online.
- error: Again the author can specify how many spelling errors to accept.
- correction: Automatic spelling Correction for every word, plus Matchmaker spelling finder keys.
- variant: You will need to consider spelling variants, abbreviations, alternative meanings and to identify broader and narrower terms.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near spelling
- speller
- spelldown
- spellbound
- spellbinder
- spellbind
- spell out
- spell-checker
- spell check
- spell
- speleothem
- spelling bee
- spelling pronunciation
- spelt
- spelter
- spelunker
- spence
- spencer
- Spencerian
- spend
- spender
