Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 10 compound words that contain spelling. The most common are listed below. Open spelling in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
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- spelling alphabetA set of code words that stand for the usual names of the letters of an alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words, especially over the radio and especially despite any static thereon.
- spelling pronunciationA pronunciation that has been modified from its traditional form in order to reflect (one or another interpretation of) the spelling of the word in question.
- spelling beeA spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins.
- pronunciation spellingA spelling intended to represent a pronunciation, which may or may not be the standard spelling of the word.
- Oxford spellingEnglish spelling as used in Oxford publications, this being mostly the usual British spelling but with the letter z used in the suffixes -ize and -ization.
- spelling outpresent participle and gerund of spell out
- reverse spellingThe spelling or writing of a word in reverse or from back to front.
- finger spellingAlternative form of fingerspelling: The practice of representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands to spell out words.
- spelling reformA deliberate, often authoritatively sanctioned or mandated, change to spelling rules; typically to make the spelling more transparent (see Orthographic depth).
- ICAO spelling alphabetThe ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet of the International Civil Aviation Organization, which assigns names to letters of the alphabet for clearer enunciation (and for the same reason pronounces the numeral 9 as niner)
- back-spellingAn unetymological, often hypercorrect, spelling of a word created by analogy with other words which (usually through loss of a sound or its phonetic merger with other sounds) have become similar to it.
- spelling checkerSynonym of spell checker: A software application that attempts to verify spelling in a document.
- spelling beesplural of spelling bee: A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins.
- creative spellingThe use of non-standard or alternative spelling, for example in baby names or brand names.
- spelling alphabetsplural of spelling alphabet: A set of code words that stand for the usual names of the letters of an alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words, especially over the radio and especially despite any static …
- spelling offpresent participle and gerund of spell off
- spelling wordA word, especially among several others, for which the spelling is supposed to be memorized and practiced before an upcoming quiz or test in which all of such words are covered.
- spelling wordsplural of spelling word: A word, especially among several others, for which the spelling is supposed to be memorized and practiced before an upcoming quiz or test in which all of such words are covered.
- censored spellingA spelling of a word that was censored, possibly to reduce its shock value, to bypass a chat filter, and so on.
- spelling reformsplural of spelling reform: A deliberate, often authoritatively sanctioned or mandated, change to spelling rules; typically to make the spelling more transparent (see Orthographic depth).
- spelling doompresent participle and gerund of spell doom
- mis-spellingAlternative form of misspelling: Incorrect spelling.
- word-spelling alphabetSynonym of spelling alphabet: A set of code words that stand for the usual names of the letters of an alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words, especially over the radio and especially despite any static …
- inverse spellingA spelling that is not etymological, arising from a merger between a phoneme in the spelled word and a different phoneme.
Compound words 10
- misspellingIncorrect spelling.
- fingerspellingThe practice of representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands to spell out words.
- spellingwiseIn terms of spelling.
- spellinglySpelling out words from letters.
- backspellingAlternative form of back-spelling: An unetymological, often hypercorrect, spelling of a word created by analogy with other words which (usually through loss of a sound or its phonetic merger with other sounds) have become similar to it.
- counterspellingpresent participle and gerund of counterspell
- disspellingMisspelling of dispelling: present participle and gerund of dispel
- forespellingpresent participle and gerund of forespell
- outspellingpresent participle and gerund of outspell
- overspellingpresent participle and gerund of overspell