spellingnoun
uk/ˈspel.ɪŋ/us/ˈspel.ɪŋ/A2 [ U ] forming words with the correct letters in the correct order, or the ability to do this:
He's hopeless at spelling.
My computer has a program which corrects my spelling.
Your essay is full of spelling mistakes/errors.
[ C ] the way a particular word is spelled:
This dictionary includes both British and American spellings of words.
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- "Is that the correct spelling?" "I don't know - look it up in a dictionary."
- His essay was full of spelling errors.
- Nobody got full marks in the spelling test.
- The irregularity of English spelling means that it is easy to make mistakes.
- You'll be marked down for poor spelling and punctuation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Writing & typing
- asterisk
- borrow
- chalk
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- enter
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write
- write sth up
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