speller
noun (a speller, spellers)
Everyday
- A speller is a person who spells words, described as good or bad at it: she's a good speller. tree →
- (US, Canada) A speller is also a school book of spelling lists and exercises. tree →
- A spell-checker on a computer is sometimes called a speller. tree →
In the lessons
In school life, spelling tests and spelling bees show who is a strong speller; contestants in a spelling bee are called spellers. In US schools pupils may have a speller workbook. Being a poor speller has nothing to do with being clever — many smart people find spelling hard, including some with dyslexia.
Examples
- My sister is a brilliant speller. tree →
- I'm a terrible speller, so I check my work carefully. tree →
- Fifty spellers took part in the spelling bee. tree →
- Open your spellers to page 12. tree →
- The best speller in the class won a dictionary. tree →
- The speller on my laptop missed my mistake. tree →
- Good spellers read a lot. tree →
Note
Countable: spellers. "Speller" is the person; "spelling" is the activity. Being a weak speller is not the same as being unintelligent.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «speller» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «speller» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/speller/