Meaning | forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage. |
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Parts | letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character | The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech |
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Narrower | misspelling | A spelling that is incorrect |
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Broader | orthography, writing system | A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols |
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Spanish | grafía, ortografía |
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Catalan | grafia, ortografia |
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Verbs | spell | orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of |
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spell | write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word) |