spelling

n. act of writing or saying the letters of a word in their proper order; way in which a word is spelled

v. write or say the letters of a word in their proper order; form a word (of letters); result in, end up as

Spelling is the writing of a word or words with all necessary letters and diacritics present in an accepted standard order. It is one of the elements of orthography and a prescriptive element of language. Most spellings attempt to approximate a transcribing of the sounds of the language into alphabetic letters; however, these phonetic spellings are often exceptional, due to drifts in pronunciations over time and irregular spellings adopted due to common usage.
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Noun
1. forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
(hypernym) orthography, writing system
(hyponym) misspelling
(part-meronym) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
(derivation) spell, write

Noun
1. a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
(synonym) enchantment, trance
(hypernym) psychological state, mental state
(hyponym) possession
2. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"
(synonym) go, tour, turn
(hypernym) shift, work shift, duty period
3. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
(synonym) while, piece, patch
(hypernym) time
(hyponym) cold spell, cold snap
4. a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"
(synonym) magic spell, charm
(hypernym) speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
(hyponym) incantation, conjuration
Verb
1. recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?"
(hypernym) recite
(hyponym) misspell
(see-also) spell out
(derivation) speller, good speller, poor speller
2. indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"
(synonym) import
(hypernym) mean, intend
3. write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
(synonym) write
(hyponym) hyphenate, hyphen
(derivation) spelling
4. place under a spell
(antonym) unspell
(hypernym) hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
(derivation) magic spell, charm

n. spelling, orthography

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spell
  

(n.)
The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
  

(a.)
Of or pertaining to spelling.