spelling B1 Topic:Time US /ˈspɛlɪŋ/ UK /ˈspɛlɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #9819 Meanings 1 noun The way letters are put together to form a word. The teacher corrected the spelling of every word in my essay. 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 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. Thesaurus Word family Forms spellings Derived forms back-spellingfingerspellingmis-spellingmisspellingrespellrespellingspell-checkspell-checkerspellcheckspellcheckerspellinglyspellingwise Common collocations spelling checker Noun + noun spelling bee Noun + noun Etymology 1400s, from spell (verb) + -ing. Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # spelling **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈspɛlɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈspɛlɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 9819 ## Meanings 1. The way letters are put together to form a word. 2. The skill or activity of writing words with their correct letters. 3. Naming or writing the letters of a word in the correct order (present participle of spell). ## Examples - The teacher corrected the spelling of every word in my essay. - My spelling has improved a lot since I started reading more. - She is spelling her surname slowly so the clerk can write it down. ## Derived Forms - back-spelling - fingerspelling - mis-spelling - misspelling - respell - respelling - spell-check - spell-checker - spellcheck - spellchecker - spellingly - spellingwise ## Etymology 1400s, from spell (verb) + -ing. ## Topics - Time markdown