speller

«speller» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who spells words, described as good or bad at… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a speller, spellers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A speller is a person who spells words, described as good or bad at it: she's a good speller. tree →

2) (US, Canada) A speller is also a school book of spelling lists and exercises. tree →

3) A spell-checker on a computer is sometimes called a speller. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school life, spelling tests and spelling bees show who is a strong speller; contestants in a spelling bee are called spellers. In US schools pupils may have a speller workbook. Being a poor speller has nothing to do with being clever — many smart people find spelling hard, including some with dyslexia.

examples

• My sister is a brilliant speller. tree →
• I'm a terrible speller, so I check my work carefully. tree →
• Fifty spellers took part in the spelling bee. tree →
• Open your spellers to page 12. tree →
• The best speller in the class won a dictionary. tree →
• The speller on my laptop missed my mistake. tree →
• Good spellers read a lot. tree →

note

Countable: spellers. "Speller" is the person; "spelling" is the activity. Being a weak speller is not the same as being unintelligent.

In the corpora

• The best news for spellers: a prefix never changes the spelling of the root word.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «speller» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.