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# spelling

«spelling» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way words are written with letters in the right order** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (spelling — uncountable; a spelling, spellings); verb form (-ing of spell)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Spelling is the way words are written with letters in the right order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#m1)

2) Spelling is the skill of writing words correctly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#m2)

3) A spelling is the way one word is written. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#m3)

4) Spellings (UK) are a list of words to learn to spell for a test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons children learn spelling rules (like «i before e except after c», doubling consonants, adding -ing), practise «look, say, cover, write, check», and have spelling tests or spelling bees (USA). American and British spellings differ: color/colour, center/centre, organize/organise — both are correct in their country. Phrases: «spelling test», «spelling mistake», «spelling bee», «spelling list», «check your spelling».

### examples

- I got ten out of ten in my spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x1)
- Check your spelling before you hand it in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x2)
- There's a spelling mistake in this sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x3)
- "Colour" is the British spelling and "color" is the American spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x4)
- We learned our spellings for Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x5)
- She won the school spelling bee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x6)
- Good spelling makes your writing easier to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x7)
- He is spelling his name slowly for the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x8)
- The author uses some alternative spellings--for example, "arn't" rather than "aren't", "dulness" rather than "dullness", both "shan't" and "sha'n't"--which have been left unchanged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/#x9)

### note

Usually uncountable as a skill («good at spelling»); countable for one word's form or a list. Spell checkers miss homophones like «their/there/they're». Past of spell: «spelled» (US) or «spelt» (UK).

### In the corpora

- [Bots learned from British and American English and may mix spellings like "colour" and "color".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/9/)
- [Using a bot to find spelling mistakes is useful if you learn from the corrections.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/13/)
- [AI helps scammers write perfect emails, so good spelling is no longer proof a message is real.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/16/)
- [«Mum» (Britain) and «mom» (USA) are both correct spellings in their own country.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts/27/)
- [Reading and spelling are the same skill going in two directions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «spelling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spelling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.