How to Use spelling in a Sentence

spelling

noun
  • The words “made” and “maid” sound alike but have different spellings.
  • The wrong spelling of the name should have been a flag.
    Teresa Dixon Murray, cleveland.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • For now, the spelling whiz wants to relax for the rest of the summer.
    Shahzeb Ahmed, charlotteobserver, 1 June 2017
  • Some of the same strategies work for all these spelling games.
    Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The brief had been full of spelling errors and was in no way ready to be viewed.
    Katherine Bindley, WSJ, 8 June 2022
  • The website will play a word, and Koya will type in the spelling.
    Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2022
  • First, double-check the spelling used to search your name.
    Mikhayla Dunaj, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Watch them battle it out for the worst spelling, above.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
  • This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the name of the town.
    Sarah Sirgany, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Put your spelling skills to the test with these seven words from this year’s bee.
    Staff Report, courant.com, 31 May 2018
  • What should have the final word in this spelling debate?
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • First, the men must compete in math and spelling challenges.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The two men used the first letter of each of their last names to create the unique spelling of the company moniker.
    Kathy Stephenson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 May 2021
  • In fact, each of my books has pages of notes at the back spelling out these sorts of connections.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Akash does not come from a tradition of spelling stars.
    Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • But the spelling — when that’s the focus of the contest — pretty much doomed it as a choice.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • In March, Ukraine asked the world to practice its spelling.
    Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Helm later changed the spelling of his first name to Levon.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Yet the spelling, even then, was mainly crack in the English style.
    James Harbeck, The Week, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Her love for spelling and her love of the roots of difficult words pushed her to study seven hours a day.
    Analisa Novak, CBS News, 9 July 2021
  • Make sure to check your résumé for spelling and grammar.
    Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • For the most part, his spelling didn’t differ too much from ours today.
    Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The man later changed the spelling of his last name, but that name also did not appear in the database.
    Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Lizzy Grant, where she wasn’t fully formed -- even down to the spelling of her name.
    Richard S. He, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Top of the Six’s, it was called (and yes, the spelling was mangled that way on the signage and menus).
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Buhler quietly mouthed their names along with him, like a dad at a spelling bee.
    Andrew Blum, WIRED, 25 June 2019
  • Keep an eye out for strange spelling and anything weird in the URL.
    Diya Chacko, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2020
  • The boot country’s tedious clip, in which spelling issues abound, deserves to be kicked to the curb.
    Chris Hewitt, Twin Cities, 12 Feb. 2017
  • In addition, a spelling rule will also be sent home each week.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • In your first draft, don’t worry about spelling and grammar.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021

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