- [uncountable] the act of forming words correctly from individual letters; the ability to do this
- the differences between British and American spelling
- In American spelling ‘travelled’ only has one ‘l’.
- My spelling is terrible.
- a spelling mistake/error
- There are guides to correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- correct
- incorrect
- conventional
- …
- use
- check
- correct
- …
- error
- mistake
- bee
- …
- in … spelling
- spelling for
- spelling of
- …
- be good, bad, etc. at spelling
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- [countable] the way that a particular word is written
- a list of difficult spellings
- variant spellings
- The document uses the British spelling for caesium.
- spelling of something The composer's great-grandfather changed the spelling of his name from Greig to Grieg.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- correct
- incorrect
- conventional
- …
- use
- check
- correct
- …
- error
- mistake
- bee
- …
- in … spelling
- spelling for
- spelling of
- …
- be good, bad, etc. at spelling
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