26984 words

spelling

3 definitions • 5 examples
1
forming words with the correct letters in the correct order, or the ability to do this:

Examples:

He's hopeless at spelling.
My computer has a program which corrects my spelling.
Your essay is full of spelling mistakes/errors.
2
the way a particular word is spelled:

Examples:

This dictionary includes both British and American spellings of words.
3
the forming of words with the letters in the correct order, or the way in which a word is formed:

Examples:

[ C ] I shouldn’t be marked wrong just because I used British spellings rather than American.

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