Synonyms for spelling
ˈspɛl ɪŋspell·ing

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1. spellingnoun

   The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.

   Synonyms:
   orthography

Princeton's WordNet

1. spellingnoun

   forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

Matched Categories

1. • Orthography

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1. spellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   orthography

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1. spellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   orthography

   Associated words:
   orthographic, phonetic, glossic, nomic, homographic, homography, homograph, heterographic, heterography, cacographic, cacography

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1. List of paraphrases for "spelling":

   orthography, satire, spell, spelt

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How to say spelling in sign language?

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How to use spelling in a sentence?

1. Mistinguett:

   A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

2. Cheryl Ladd:

   It was hot and edgy, and because, [ creator ] Aaron [ Spelling ] insisted on some bikinis, occasionally sexy clothes, everybody just decided to write it off and let's face it, it wasn't Shakespeare, but it was definitely something the whole family could watch together all for different reasons.

3. Rick Wilson:

   'Donald Trump's the smart one — and y'all elitists are dumb!' 'You elitists with your geography and your maps- and your spelling!'.

4. Alan Alexander Milne:

   My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

5. Lynn King:

   One could argue the plain meaning of the legislation by spelling it out in English, represents an intent to have it be government sponsored speech with a specific message they want to convey, on the other hand, it could be argued that the law is vague in that it does not identify that it could NOT be written in other languages.