speller

Example Sentences

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And I’m such a bad speller that even the most generous auto-correct can’t figure out that the word I’m trying to write is “mellifluous.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

First, he tries to make eye contact with the speller and humanize the moment.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The typical workload for a top-level speller: 3-4 hours of studying each weekday, and more on the weekends.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Each word has been vetted by the panel and slotted into the appropriate round of the nearly century-old annual competition to identify the English language’s best speller.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2023

The book underneath the arithmetic was a geography, and the book under the geography was a speller.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger