speller

ˈspɛlə

Definition

Definition of speller - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

competition

participant in a spelling competition

The young speller won the national spelling bee.

competitor

contestant

school

person who spells words correctly or incorrectly

She is a good speller in her class.

wordsmith

technology

software that checks spelling

The speller highlighted the errors in the document.

editor

proofreader

education

Dated

book for learning spelling

Dated

He used a speller to improve his skills.

primer

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Expressions with speller

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good speller

person skilled at spelling words correctly

She is a good speller and rarely makes mistakes.

poor speller

person with difficulty in spelling

Being a poor speller, he always uses a dictionary.

Origin of speller

Middle English, spell (to read letter by letter)

Examples of speller in a sentence

The speller was nervous before stepping on stage.
Even a careful speller can miss a typo.
The contest rewarded the fastest speller.
The speller corrected my typos instantly.
She relies on the speller for her essays.
The teacher recommended a speller for daily practice.

She found an old speller in the attic.

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French:participant, personne qui sait épeler, ...
German:Buchstabierer, Rechtschreiber, ...
Italian:concorrente, ortografista, ...
Spanish:concursante, deletreador, ...
Portuguese:soletrador, pessoa que soletra palavras correta ou incorretamente, ...
Chinese:拼字选手, 拼写者, ...
Japanese:スペラー, つづりが得意な人, ...
Arabic:مُتَسَابِق فِي التَّهْجِئَة, مُهَجّ, ...
Hebrew:מִשְׁתַּתֵּף בְּתַחֲרוּת אִיּוּת, מְאַיֵּת, ...
Russian:спеллер, человек, умеющий правильно писать слова, ...
Ukrainian:учасник, людина, яка правильно або неправильно пише слова, ...
Hindi:वर्तनी प्रतियोगी, वर्तनीकार, ...
Bengali:বানান প্রতিযোগী, বানানকারী, ...
Catalan:concursant, persona que lletreja, ...
Czech:účastník soutěže v hláskování, ten, kdo dobře nebo špatně hláskuje, ...
Danish:staver, en staver, ...
Dutch:spellingsdeelnemer, speller, ...
Greek:διαγωνιζόμενος, ορθογράφος, ...
Hungarian:betűző, olyan személy, aki jól vagy rosszul betűz, ...
Khmer:អ្នកប្រកបពាក្យ, កម្មវិធីពិនិត្យអក្ខរាវិរុទ្ធ, ...
Korean:철자 참가자, 철자 실력이 있는 사람, ...
Persian:هجی‌کننده, نرم‌افزار املا, ...
Polish:uczestnik konkursu ortograficznego, osoba dobrze literująca, ...
Portuguese (BR):soletrador, pessoa que soletra palavras corretamente ou incorretamente, ...
Romanian:concurent la ortografie, persoană care ortografiază, ...
Swedish:stavare, en person som stavar, ...
Thai:ผู้เข้าแข่งขันสะกดคำ, ผู้สะกดคำ, ...
Turkish:yazıcı, heceleyen, ...
Vietnamese:người thi đánh vần, người đánh vần, ...

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