spelling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
1400s, from spell (verb) + -ing.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
For the practical use of spelling comes in writing.
1904, Andrew Dickson White, Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, page 43: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.
2001, w: Stephen White, The Program, New York: Dell, page 66: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.
1920, Henry Gallup Paine, Handbook of Simplified Spelling, New York: Simplified Spelling Board, page 1:
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(uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct 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?
2006, William Shakespeare, edited by Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor, Hamlet, London: Arden Shakespeare, page 88:
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(countable) A specific spelling of a word.
[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.
2006, Wm. Shakespeare, Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor, eds., Hamlet, London: Arden Shakespeare
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(US, countable, dated, rare, uncountable) A spelling test or spelling bee.
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!
1889, James Whitcomb Riley, “A’ Old Played-Out Song”, in Pipes O' Pan at Zekesbury, Indianapolis, Ind.: Bowen-Merrill, page 45: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.
2004, Carl Lindahl, editor, American Folktales: From the Collections of the Library of Congress, volume 1, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, page 416:The boys were anxious for a spelling in the evening but I said no.
1860, Oscar Lawrence Jackson, The Colonel's Diary: Journals Kept Before and During the Civil War [1922], Sharon, Penn., p 23
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(countable, uncountable) A choice of notation among enharmonic equivalents for the same pitch.
The spelling of a pitch is strongly influenced by its harmonic and melodic context.
2004, Joshua Stoddard, Christopher Raphael, Paul E. Utgoff, Well-Tempered Spelling: A Key-Invariant Pitch Spelling Algorithm, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spellings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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Hypernyms
Translations (172)
pap ortografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · cmn 正詞法 /正词法 (a specific spelling of a word) · ga litriú (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · sv stavning (a specific spelling of a word) · it compitazione (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · es espeleo (a specific spelling of a word) · wa ortografeye (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · crh imlâ (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · gd litreachadh (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ceb panitik (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · de Orthografie (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · uk написа́ння (a specific spelling of a word) · it spelling (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · wa scrijha (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ar عِلْم اَلْإِمْلَاء (a specific spelling of a word) · it compitazione (a specific spelling of a word) · ceb espeling (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · izh orfografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · gl ortografía (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · he אִיּוּת (a specific spelling of a word) · de Schreibweise (a specific spelling of a word) · ru орфогра́фия (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · fr orthographe (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · yi אָרטאָגראַפֿיע (a specific spelling of a word) · sw tahajia (a specific spelling of a word) · az imla (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · fi sanan kirjoittaminen (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · ar هِجَاء (a specific spelling of a word) · uk право́пис (a specific spelling of a word) · ru правописа́ние (a specific spelling of a word) · az yazılış (a specific spelling of a word) · pl pisownia (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · wa scrijhaedje (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ar عِلْم اَلْإِمْلَاء (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ko 철자법 (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · cs pravopis (a specific spelling of a word) · pt ortografia (a specific spelling of a word) · pt ortografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · sh pravopis (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · cmn 寫法 /写法 (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · tl pagbabaybay (a specific spelling of a word) · pl pisownia (a specific spelling of a word) · sl pravopís (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · nl spelling (a specific spelling of a word) · be напіса́нне (a specific spelling of a word) · fi oikeinkirjoitus (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · he כְּתִיב (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ga litriú (a specific spelling of a word) · mi tātaki kupu (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · da stavemåde (a specific spelling of a word) · es espeleo (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ga litriú (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · sk pravopis (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · de Rechtschreibung (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · cmn 拼字 (a specific spelling of a word) · nl spelling (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · sw otografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · be пра́вапіс (a specific spelling of a word) · nds-de Schrievwies (a specific spelling of a word) · de Buchstabieren (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · nb stavemåte (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · de Rechtschreibung (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · be пра́вапіс (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ru орфогра́фия (a specific spelling of a word) · mk пра́вопис (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ar تَهْجِئَة (a specific spelling of a word) · sco spellin (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ne हिज्जे (a specific spelling of a word) · sw tahajia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · sv rättstavning (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · sco spellin (a specific spelling of a word) · it compitazione (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · uk орфогра́фія (a specific spelling of a word) · sh правопис (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · mi tātakinga (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ja 綴り (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ja 正字法 (a specific spelling of a word) · te వర్ణక్రమం (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · fi oikeinkirjoitus (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · cmn 拼寫 /拼写 (a specific spelling of a word) · ru написа́ние (a specific spelling of a word) · te వర్ణక్రమం (a specific spelling of a word) · yi אויסלייג (a specific spelling of a word) · it spelling (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · de Schreibung (a specific spelling of a word) · ceb panitik (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · cs pravopis (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · nl schrijfwijze (a specific spelling of a word) · hu helyesírás (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ko 스펠 (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · tl ispeling (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ceb espeling (a specific spelling of a word) · cmn 拼寫法 /拼写法 (a specific spelling of a word) · mi tataki kupu (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · tl ispeling (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · es espeleo (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · tl pagbabaybay (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · bg правопис (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · ceb espeling (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · mi tātakinga (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · fr graphie (a specific spelling of a word) · sco spaein (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · bg правопи́с (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · tr yazım (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · sh pravopis (a specific spelling of a word) · ko 스펠링 (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · hu helyesírás (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · be арфагра́фія (a specific spelling of a word) · de Orthografie (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ru спе́ллинг (a specific spelling of a word) · tr imla (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ja スペリング (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · uk право́пис (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · hi वर्तनी (a specific spelling of a word) · ms ortografi (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · es grafía (a specific spelling of a word) · hu írásmód (a specific spelling of a word) · es espeleo (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · ca ortografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · fi kirjoitusasu (a specific spelling of a word) · cs hláskování (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · es deletreo (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · cmn 正字法 (a specific spelling of a word) · it spelling (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · sv stavning (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · it compitazione (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ms ejaan (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · fr orthographe (a specific spelling of a word) · hu betűzés (the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling) · ht òtograf (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · bg правопи́с (a specific spelling of a word) · de richtige Buchstabierung (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ja スペル (a specific spelling of a word) · tl pagbabaybay (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · it ortografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · sw imla (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · ar هِجَاء (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · nn stavemåte (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · sw imla (a specific spelling of a word) · sv ortografi (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ko 맞춤법 (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · tr yazılış (a specific spelling of a word) · cmn 拼字 (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ja スペル (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · az yazı qaydaları (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · oc ortografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · pl ortografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · sco spellin (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · mfe lortograf (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · it spelling (a specific spelling of a word) · ja 文字綴り (a specific spelling of a word) · fi ortografia (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · tl ispeling (a specific spelling of a word) · mi tātaki kupu (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · wa scrijha (a specific spelling of a word) · gd litreachadh (a specific spelling of a word) · pt ortografia (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) · bg ортогра́фия (a specific spelling of a word) · pt soletração (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ms ejaan (a specific spelling of a word) · gd litreachadh (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ja 綴り (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ast ortografía (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · az orfoqrafiya (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · mi tātakinga (a specific spelling of a word) · ja 綴り字 (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ru спе́ллинг (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · as বানান (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · pt grafia (a specific spelling of a word) · ru правописа́ние (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) · ja 綴り (a specific spelling of a word) · sw imla (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography)