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1. (uncountable)The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.

   Buchstabieren, Rechtschreibung, Orthografie

   правописа́ниеpravopisánije, орфогра́фияorfográfija, спе́ллингspɛ́lling

   право́писpravópys

   forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

2. (uncountable)The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.

   Rechtschreibung, Orthografie, richtige Buchstabierung

3. (countable)A specific spelling of a word.

   Schreibweise, Schreibung

   орфогра́фияorfográfija, правописа́ниеpravopisánije, спе́ллингspɛ́lling

   право́писpravópys, орфогра́фіяorfohráfija, написа́нняnapysánnja

4. (US, countable, dated, rare, uncountable)A spelling test or spelling bee.

5. (countable, uncountable)A choice of notation among enharmonic equivalents for the same pitch.

1. Both spellings are correct.

   Обидва написання правильні.

   ruОба написания правильны.

   deBeide Schreibweisen sind korrekt.

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2. Ugly spellings in their language fascinate you.

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3. Some English words have two spellings - "gray" and "grey", for example.

   ruНекоторые английские слова имеют двойное написание, как например "gray" и "grey".

   deManche englische Wörter haben zwei Schreibweisen, z. B. "gray" und "grey".

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4. The sj-sound in the Swedish language has many different spellings.

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5. I think that words like "eat" and "brought" are not good spellings! They look unaesthetic.

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