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spelling

 noun
     
Related topics: Linguistics
spell‧ing S2
1 [uncountable]SL the act of spelling words correctly, or the ability to do this:
Her spelling has improved.
an essay full of spelling mistakes
2 [countable]SL the way in which a word is spelled:
She quickly gave the correct spelling.
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