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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Inorthography :: Inorthography (n.) Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.
Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Orthographical :: Orthographical (a.) Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic..
Ambassy :: Ambassy (n.) See Embassy, the usual spelling..
Misspelling :: Misspelling (n.) A wrong spelling.
Homographic :: Homographic (a.) Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.
Phonetist :: Phonetist (n.) One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
Speller :: Speller (n.) A spelling book.
Misspelling :: Misspelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misspel.
Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly..
Homography :: Homography (n.) That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other..
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..
Bray :: Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling..
Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects..
Dispelling :: Dispelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispe.
Discussive :: Discussive (a.) Doubt-dispelling; decisive.
Sawder :: Sawder (n.) A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.
, A , Or An . Pcp. It Is Presumably An Older Spelling Of Scanned. --2. :: , 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..
Orthographize :: Orthographize (v. t.) To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling.
Aphthong :: Aphthong (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound..
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