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 →

2) Spelling is the skill of writing words correctly. tree →

3) A spelling is the way one word is written. tree →

4) Spellings (UK) are a list of words to learn to spell for a test. tree →

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 →
• Check your spelling before you hand it in. tree →
• There's a spelling mistake in this sentence. tree →
• "Colour" is the British spelling and "color" is the American spelling. tree →
• We learned our spellings for Friday. tree →
• She won the school spelling bee. tree →
• Good spelling makes your writing easier to read. tree →
• He is spelling his name slowly for the teacher. tree →
• 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 →

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".
• Using a bot to find spelling mistakes is useful if you learn from the corrections.
• AI helps scammers write perfect emails, so good spelling is no longer proof a message is real.
• «Mum» (Britain) and «mom» (USA) are both correct spellings in their own country.
• Reading and spelling are the same skill going in two directions.

Trees and pragmatics

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