spelling

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɛlɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ɛlɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: S P EH1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1400s, from spell (verb) + -ing.

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: правопис (pravopis) — the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling
• Finnish: sanan kirjoittaminen — the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling
• German: Buchstabieren — the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling
• Hungarian: betűzés — the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling
• Italian: spelling — the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling
• Italian: compitazione — the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling
• Māori: tataki kupu — the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling
• Spanish: deletreo — the act of forming words with letters, the act of spelling
• Arabic: عِلْم اَلْإِمْلَاء (ʕilm al-ʔimlāʔ) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Arabic: هِجَاء (hijāʔ) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Assamese: বানান (banan) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Asturian: ortografía — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Azerbaijani: imla — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Azerbaijani: orfoqrafiya — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Azerbaijani: yazı qaydaları — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Belarusian: пра́вапіс (právapis) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Bulgarian: правопи́с (pravopís) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Catalan: ortografia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Cebuano: espeling — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Cebuano: panitik — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Chinese Mandarin: 寫法 /写法 (xiěfǎ) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Chinese Mandarin: 拼字 (pīnzì) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Czech: pravopis — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Dutch: spelling — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Finnish: oikeinkirjoitus — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Finnish: ortografia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• French: orthographe — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Galician: ortografía — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• German: Rechtschreibung — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• German: Orthografie — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Haitian Creole: òtograf — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Hebrew: כְּתִיב — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Hungarian: helyesírás — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Ingrian: orfografia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Irish: litriú — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Italian: ortografia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Italian: spelling — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Italian: compitazione — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Japanese: 綴り字 (tsudzuriji) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Japanese: 綴り (tsudzuri) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Japanese: スペリング (superingu) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Japanese: スペル (superu) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Korean: 철자법 (cheoljabeop) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Korean: 맞춤법 (matchumbeop) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Korean: 스펠 (seupel) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Korean: 스펠링 (seupelling) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Macedonian: пра́вопис (právopis) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Malay: ejaan — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Malay: ortografi — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Māori: tātakinga — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Māori: tātaki kupu — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Mauritian Creole: lortograf — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Occitan: ortografia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Polish: ortografia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Portuguese: soletração — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Portuguese: ortografia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Russian: правописа́ние (pravopisánije) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Russian: орфогра́фия (orfográfija) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Russian: спе́ллинг (spɛ́lling) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Scots: spellin — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Scots: spaein — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Scottish Gaelic: litreachadh — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Serbo-Croatian: правопис — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Serbo-Croatian: pravopis — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Slovak: pravopis — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Slovene: pravopís — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Spanish: ortografía — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Spanish: espeleo — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Swahili: imla — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Swahili: tahajia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Swahili: otografia — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Swedish: rättstavning — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Swedish: ortografi — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Tagalog: pagbabaybay — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Tagalog: ispeling — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Ukrainian: право́пис (pravópys) — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Walloon: ortografeye — the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• Cebuano: espeling — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Cebuano: panitik — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Crimean Tatar: imlâ — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Czech: hláskování — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Finnish: oikeinkirjoitus — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• German: Rechtschreibung — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• German: Orthografie — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Hungarian: helyesírás — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Irish: litriú — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Italian: spelling — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Italian: compitazione — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Japanese: 綴り (tsuzuri) — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Māori: tātakinga — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Māori: tātaki kupu — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Norwegian Bokmål: stavemåte — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stavemåte — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Polish: pisownia — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Portuguese: ortografia — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Scots: spellin — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Scottish Gaelic: litreachadh — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Spanish: espeleo — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Spanish: ortografía — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Swahili: imla — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Swedish: stavning — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Tagalog: pagbabaybay — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Tagalog: ispeling — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Telugu: వర్ణక్రమం (varṇakramaṁ) — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Turkish: yazım — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Turkish: imla — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Walloon: scrijha — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Walloon: scrijhaedje — manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• Arabic: عِلْم اَلْإِمْلَاء (ʕilm al-ʔimlāʔ) — a specific spelling of a word
• Arabic: هِجَاء (hijāʔ) — a specific spelling of a word
• Arabic: تَهْجِئَة (tahjiʔa) — a specific spelling of a word
• Azerbaijani: yazılış — a specific spelling of a word
• Belarusian: пра́вапіс (právapis) — a specific spelling of a word
• Belarusian: арфагра́фія (arfahráfija) — a specific spelling of a word
• Belarusian: напіса́нне (napisánnje) — a specific spelling of a word
• Bulgarian: правопи́с (pravopís) — a specific spelling of a word
• Bulgarian: ортогра́фия (ortográfija) — a specific spelling of a word
• Cebuano: espeling — a specific spelling of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 正字法 (zhèngzìfǎ) — a specific spelling of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 拼字 (pīnzì) — a specific spelling of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 拼寫法 /拼写法 (pīnxiěfǎ) — a specific spelling of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 正詞法 /正词法 (zhèngcífǎ) — a specific spelling of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 拼寫 /拼写 (pīnxiě) — a specific spelling of a word
• Czech: pravopis — a specific spelling of a word
• Danish: stavemåde — a specific spelling of a word
• Dutch: spelling — a specific spelling of a word
• Dutch: schrijfwijze — a specific spelling of a word
• Finnish: kirjoitusasu — a specific spelling of a word
• French: orthographe — a specific spelling of a word
• French: graphie — a specific spelling of a word
• German: Schreibweise — a specific spelling of a word
• German: Schreibung — a specific spelling of a word
• Hebrew: אִיּוּת — a specific spelling of a word
• Hindi: वर्तनी (vartanī) — a specific spelling of a word
• Hungarian: írásmód — a specific spelling of a word
• Irish: litriú — a specific spelling of a word
• Italian: spelling — a specific spelling of a word
• Italian: compitazione — a specific spelling of a word
• Japanese: 正字法 (seijihō) — a specific spelling of a word
• Japanese: 綴り (tsuzuri) — a specific spelling of a word
• Japanese: 文字綴り (moji-tsuzuri) — a specific spelling of a word
• Japanese: スペル (superu) — a specific spelling of a word
• Low German: Schrievwies — a specific spelling of a word
• Malay: ejaan — a specific spelling of a word
• Māori: tātakinga — a specific spelling of a word
• Nepali: हिज्जे (hijje) — a specific spelling of a word
• Polish: pisownia — a specific spelling of a word
• Portuguese: grafia — a specific spelling of a word
• Portuguese: ortografia — a specific spelling of a word
• Russian: орфогра́фия (orfográfija) — a specific spelling of a word
• Russian: правописа́ние (pravopisánije) — a specific spelling of a word
• Russian: спе́ллинг (spɛ́lling) — a specific spelling of a word
• Russian: написа́ние (napisánije) — a specific spelling of a word
• Scots: spellin — a specific spelling of a word
• Scottish Gaelic: litreachadh — a specific spelling of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: pravopis — a specific spelling of a word
• Spanish: grafía — a specific spelling of a word
• Spanish: espeleo — a specific spelling of a word
• Swahili: tahajia — a specific spelling of a word
• Swahili: imla — a specific spelling of a word
• Swedish: stavning — a specific spelling of a word
• Tagalog: pagbabaybay — a specific spelling of a word
• Tagalog: ispeling — a specific spelling of a word
• Telugu: వర్ణక్రమం (varṇakramaṁ) — a specific spelling of a word
• Turkish: yazılış — a specific spelling of a word
• Ukrainian: право́пис (pravópys) — a specific spelling of a word
• Ukrainian: орфогра́фія (orfohráfija) — a specific spelling of a word
• Ukrainian: написа́ння (napysánnja) — a specific spelling of a word
• Walloon: scrijha — a specific spelling of a word
• Yiddish: אויסלייג (oysleyg) — a specific spelling of a word
• Yiddish: אָרטאָגראַפֿיע (ortografye) — a specific spelling of a word