name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
speller
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈspɛ.lə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɛlə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S P EH1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who spells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm a slow reader but a good speller.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A participant in a spelling bee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A book used to learn how to spell properly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 5
A spell checker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
an introductory textbook to teach spelling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: primer
noun
Meaning 7
someone who spells words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: good speller, poor speller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer
History
Etymology
From spell + -er.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: épeleur — person who spells
- French: épeleuse — person who spells
- German: Buchstabierer — person who spells
- German: Buchstabiererin — person who spells
- Spanish: deletreador — person who spells
- Spanish: deletreadora — person who spells
- German: Fibel — book used to learn to spell properly
- Finnish: oikoluku — spell checker
- Finnish: oikolukuohjelma — spell checker
- French: correcteur orthographique — spell checker
- French: vérificateur d’orthographe — spell checker
- French: vérificateur orthographique — spell checker
- German: Rechtschreibprüfung — spell checker
- German: Rechtschreibkorrekturprogramm — spell checker
- German: Rechtschreibprogramm — spell checker
- German: Korrekturprogramm — spell checker
- Spanish: corrector ortográfico — spell checker