spelling
noun
the manner in which words are spelled; orthography.
spellings
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pluralof spelling.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
The other more common spellings of that knight’s name, Perceval and Percival, had already been taken by other users.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
