Dictionary

speller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspɛ.lə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From spell + -er.

Meanings

1. A person who spells.
   • I'm a slow reader but a good speller.
   • Without insisting on a difference between the inventors and the spellers of words, Socrates makes short work of this case. 2005, Michael W. Riley, Plato's Cratylus: Argument, Form, and Structure, page 124:
2. A participant in a spelling bee.
3. (US) A book used to learn how to spell properly.
4. A spell checker.
   • But Word's spelling program still isn't fully integrated into the word processor. For one thing, any changes and corrections you make from the speller's menus don't appear on-screen until you get back to your original file. 1987, PC Mag, volume 6, number 17, page 358:

Forms

Deriveds

dry speller · fingerspeller

Relateds

respelling · misspelling · spelling book · respell · spelling pronunciation · spell · misspell · spelling · spell-check · spelling bee · pronunciation spelling · pronunciation respelling · spell check · spellable

Translations (17)

de Buchstabiererin (person who spells) · de Rechtschreibprogramm (spell checker) · de Korrekturprogramm (spell checker) · fr épeleur (person who spells) · es corrector ortográfico (spell checker) · de Rechtschreibprüfung (spell checker) · fr vérificateur orthographique (spell checker) · fr correcteur orthographique (spell checker) · es deletreadora (person who spells) · fr vérificateur d’orthographe (spell checker) · de Fibel (book used to learn to spell properly) · fr épeleuse (person who spells) · de Rechtschreibkorrekturprogramm (spell checker) · de Buchstabierer (person who spells) · fi oikoluku (spell checker) · fi oikolukuohjelma (spell checker) · es deletreador (person who spells)