spelling
pronunciation
How to pronounce spelling in British English:
UK [ˈspelɪŋ]
How to pronounce spelling in American English:
US [ˈspelɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
Word Origin
- spelling (n.)
- mid-15c., "action of reading letter by letter," verbal noun from spell (v.1). Meaning "manner of forming words with letters" is from 1660s; meaning "a way a word has been spelled" is from 1731. Spelling bee is from 1878 (see bee; earlier spelling match, 1845; the act of winning such a schoolroom contest is described 1854 as to spell (someone) down).
Example
- 1. Weird thing was , I could hear the spelling .
- 2. A secondary point is that it consistent spelling is only a few hundred years old .
- 3. Part 2 of the book describes many of the spelling , grammar , and usage differences between british and american english .
- 4. The immediate spelling correction in google wave ?
- 5. Compose emails with proper spelling and grammar .