Meaning of spelling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. present participle and gerund of spell
2. The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
   uncountable
3. The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
4. The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.
   uncountable
5. the practice or defect of incorrect spelling. — cacographer, n. — cacographic, cacographical, adj.
6. The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
7. A specific spelling of a word.
   countable
8. a phonetic spelling system in which for each sound the letter or digraph most commonly found representing that sound is used.
9. A specific spelling of a word
10. A spelling test or spelling bee.
    US, countable, dated, rare, uncountable
11. Rare. the study of nonphonetic spelling. — hetericist, n.
12. A spelling test or spelling bee
13. A choice of notation among enharmonic equivalents for the same pitch.
    countable, uncountable
14. any phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand system. — phonog-rapher, phonographist, n. — phonographic, phonographical, adj.
15. Her spelling is terrible; (also adjective) The teacher gave the children a spelling lesson/test. spelling تَهْجِئَه правопис ortografia pravopis(ný) die Rechtschreibung; Rechtschreibe-... stavning; stave- ορθογραφίαortografía õigekiri, õigekirja- oikeinkirjoitus orthographeכתיב वर्तनी, हिज्जे, वर्ण विन्यास sricanje, pravilno pisanje riječi helyesírás ejaan stafsetning spelling, ortografia 語のつづり方 철자법 rašyba pareizrakstība; pareizrakstības- ejaan spellingortografi, rettskrivingortografia هجا وي...
    also adjective
16. The forming of words with letters in an accepted order; orthography.
17. The way in which a word is spelled.
18. A person's ability to spell words: a writer plagued by bad spelling.
19. (Linguistics) the act or process of writing words by using the letters conventionally accepted for their formation; orthography
20. (Linguistics) the art or study of orthography

Equivalents

Examples

“For the practical use of spelling comes in writing.”

“Spelling was invented by man and, like other human inventions, is capable of development and improvement by man in the direction of simplicity, economy, and efficiency.”

“I knew that Kriciak, the inspector who was supervising me for the Marshals Service, was going to go nuts when I told him that I wanted to allow Landon to participate in soccer and spelling.”

“Because Elizabethan spelling was fluid, editors feel free to ‘modernize’ (correct) the spelling in the quartos and the Folio. But how is one to spell Rosencratz or Guildenstern, where the spelling varies, not only from text to text, but even within texts?”

“[p 253] *excellent Q2’s ‘extent’ is generally dismissed as an error, probably a mis-reading of ‘exlent’, a common spelling at this time. [p 269] reverend The spellings ‘reuerent’ (Q2) and ‘Reuerend’ (F) were interchangeable at this time. [p 466] Guildensterne and Rosincrance are F’s consistent spellings.”

“The boys were anxious for a spelling in the evening but I said no.”

“How her face ust to look, in the twilight, / As I tuck her to spellin’; and she / Kep’ a-hummin’ that song ’tel I ast her, / Pine-blank, ef she ever missed me!”

“So we'd sit with these girls during school hours, and we told them, if they'd slip off, that we'd get away, and we'd go to [the school] to a spelling.”

“The spelling of a pitch is strongly influenced by its harmonic and melodic context.”

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