Definition of Spellings

1. Noun. (plural of spelling) ¹

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Definition of Spellings

1. spelling [n] - See also: spelling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spellings

spelldowns
spelled
spelled off
spelled sideways
speller
spellers
spellfire
spellful
spelling
spelling alphabet
spelling bee
spelling bees
spelling checker
spelling contest
spelling off
spellings
spellken
spellkens
spelloff
spelloffs
spellos
spells
spellwork
spelt
spelter
spelters
speltmeal
spelts
speltz
speltzes

Literary usage of Spellings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iowa Spelling Scales: Their Derivation, Uses, and Limitations by Ernest James Ashbaugh (1922)
"The accuracy of spelling on each word was checked out per 100 spellings and ... The spelling accuracy of the 100 words in the 700 spellings varied from 100 ..."

2. The Iowa Spelling Scales: Their Derivation, Uses, and Limitations by Ernest James Ashbaugh (1922)
"In the following scales, the number of spellings on each word in each grade was 200 or more. This number was selected as being a sufficient number to give a ..."

3. The New Testament in the original Greek by Brooke Foss Westcott, Fenton John Anthony Hort (1896)
"Hence, be the spellings of our best MSS right or wrong, they are the most ... The unclassical forms or spellings of our MSS were certainly current in the ..."

4. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"Many spellings, such as scythe, tongue, sieve, rhyme, scent are simply indefensible; the more nearly phonetic spellings sithe, lung, sive, rime, ..."

5. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"Many spellings, such as scythe, tongue, sieve, ... scent are simply indefensible; the more nearly phonetic spellings sithe, tung, sive, rime, ..."

6. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"The Spellings of the Massachusett Sounds In this section the spellings of each Massachusett sound are discussed separately. ..."

7. A Plea for Spelling Reform: A Series of Tracts Comp. from the Phonetic by Isaac Pitman (1878)
"Fanciful Spellings. Does it only arise from a curious consensus of insular ... At all event?, we have amusing exemplifications of such spellings in aye, ..."

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