Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who spells.

    I'm a slow reader but a good speller.

    Buchstabierer, Buchstabiererin

    someone who spells words

  2. A participant in a spelling bee.

    an introductory textbook to teach spelling

  3. (US)A book used to learn how to spell properly.

    Fibel

  4. A spell checker.

    Rechtschreibprüfung, Rechtschreibkorrekturprogramm, Rechtschreibprogramm

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I'm not a very good speller.

  2. Tom isn't a very good speller.

  3. Are you a good speller?

    ruУ тебя хорошо с правописанием? — marafon

    deBeherrschst du gut die Rechtschreibung? — Waldelfe

  4. I'm a bad speller.

    ruУ меня плохо с правописанием. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
person who spells:
book used to learn to spell properly:
spell checker:

Origin

From spell + -er.

From spell + -er.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: spellers
Singularspeller
Pluralspellers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who spells words:good spellerpoor speller

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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