spelling reform

noun

an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.

First recorded in 1870–75

The adherents of spelling reform will perhaps be heartened by the result of everyone spelling as they please.

He surveys the general situation, he thinks it over, and presently he says 'Spelling Reform.'

He was a powerful supporter of the movement for spelling reform, as a means of promoting 365 the spread of the English language.

President Eliot, of Harvard, is not a believer in spelling reform.

A progressive man was this same reverend gentleman—a great believer in his native English and in spelling reform.

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