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spelling

[spel-ing] / ˈspɛl ɪŋ /
NOUN
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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

However, Claude allowed that the English spelling with a K is also acceptable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Glee is not, however, the word that sprung to mind when Claude and Mom had a little exchange about the spelling of Katherine of Aragon’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

I had learned the spelling and definition of the word skirmish, which I had added to my notepad to memorize that day.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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

His clips use various spellings of his name.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

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

When two acceptable spellings are listed for the same word, use the first, because it may be more common.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner



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