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[spel-ing] / ˈspɛl ɪŋ /
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"Charging parents just to sit with their children is a rip-off, plain and simple," he added, and being "hit with a hefty fee for a simple spelling mistake on a booking form isn't right either".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Giles Mason, who runs the Take 5 to Stop Fraud campaign at UK Finance which represents the banking and finance industry, said scam emails used to be "riddled with spelling mistakes, poor grammar".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

A trust gives you more control by spelling out your wishes in detail.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

What remains unclear is whether superstars such as Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau will find that palatable or seek a path back to the PGA Tour—potentially spelling the end for LIV.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

However, when it came to spelling, her own name was so difficult to get right that she had given up on the subject altogether.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The predictive text is supposed to learn your style and improve over time, but depending on the fixes you do or don’t accept, it can learn incorrect spellings in place of correct ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

The so-called invading force of my generation assimilated to the point where our kids are named Brandon and Ashley in all sorts of spellings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025

And because Jefferson's original moniker was spelled as Megalonyx, any other subsequent spellings of the name, like some that utilize the -onix suffix, are incorrect.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024

In the girl's list, last year's number one 'Sophia' fell into eighth place after the organisation changed the way they count to include different spellings.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023

I auditioned different spellings, each worse than the last.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover



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