spelling

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
verb orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
verb indicate or signify

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

Author's spelling has been maintained. — Children of the Tenements, Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
The original spellings have been retained.] — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing she did well and delicately—but spelling! — Cranford, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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