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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Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious..
Nomic :: Nomic (n.) Nomic spelling.
Speller :: Speller (n.) A spelling book.
Orthographize :: Orthographize (v. t.) To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling.
Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..
Discussive :: Discussive (a.) Doubt-dispelling; decisive.
Ambassy :: Ambassy (n.) See Embassy, the usual spelling..
Glossic :: Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only..
Spelling :: Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
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..
Dispelling :: Dispelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispe.
Homography :: Homography (n.) That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other..
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..
Sawder :: Sawder (n.) A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.
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..
Misspelling :: Misspelling (n.) A wrong spelling.
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..
, 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..
Spelling :: Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spel.
Endue :: Endue (v. t.) An older spelling of Endow.
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