spelling

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The way letters are put together to form a word.

   The teacher corrected the spelling of every word in my essay.

2. 2
   noun

   The skill or activity of writing words with their correct letters.

   My spelling has improved a lot since I started reading more.

3. 3
   verb

   Naming or writing the letters of a word in the correct order (present participle of spell).

   She is spelling her surname slowly so the clerk can write it down.

1400s, from spell (verb) + -ing.

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