Definition of spelling

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Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.

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Misspelling :: Misspelling (n.) A wrong spelling.
Dispelling :: Dispelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispe.
Nomic :: Nomic (n.) Nomic spelling.
Camphire :: Camphire (n.) An old spelling of Camphor.
Dyke :: Dyke (n.) See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..
Spelling :: Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
Heterography :: Heterography (n.) That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger..
Speller :: Speller (n.) A spelling book.
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..
Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Ambassy :: Ambassy (n.) See Embassy, the usual spelling..
Heterographic :: Heterographic (a.) Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic..
Endue :: Endue (v. t.) An older spelling of Endow.
, A , Or An . Pcp. It Is Presumably An Older Spelling Of Scanned. --2. Specifically :: , a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically () To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize..
Ban :: Ban (n.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense)..
Aphthong :: Aphthong (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound..
Resent :: Resent (v. t.) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i..
Endoss :: Endoss (v. t.) To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse.
Homographic :: Homographic (a.) Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.
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