Definition of spelling

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Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spel.

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Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious..
Orthographical :: Orthographical (a.) Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic..
Cacography :: Cacography (n.) Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.
Homophone :: Homophone (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright..
Nomic :: Nomic (n.) Nomic spelling.
Han''t :: Han't () A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't..
Glossic :: Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only..
Speller :: Speller (n.) A spelling book.
Aphthong :: Aphthong (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound..
Homographic :: Homographic (a.) Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.
Nomic :: Nomic (a.) Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods..
Spelling :: Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spel.
Hail :: Hail (a.) Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
Endoss :: Endoss (v. t.) To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse.
Misspelling :: Misspelling (n.) A wrong spelling.
Sawder :: Sawder (n.) A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.
Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly..
Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..
Misspelling :: Misspelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misspel.
Spelling :: Spelling (a.) Of or pertaining to spelling.
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