spelling — meaning in English
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English meaning
- orthography noun A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
- spelling noun The act or skill of putting letters in the correct order to form words.
Senses
spelling is used for these senses in English:
- orthography (uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
- spelling (uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
- spelling (countable) A specific spelling of a word.
orthography — full definition
- noun A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
- noun A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.
- noun The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.
- noun Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
spelling — full definition
- noun The act or skill of putting letters in the correct order to form words.
- noun A particular way of writing a word.