spelling meaning
EN
[ˈspɛlɪŋ] [-ɛlɪŋ] 
US WSpelling
- Spelling according to Coulmas (1996, 477) is 'The conventions which determine how the graphemes of a writing system are used to write a language'. The term is usually applied to alphabetic or otherwise phonetic writing systems.
- In English, words generally have accepted standard spellings which can vary regionally or nationally. In the sense of a standard, spelling is one of the elements of orthography and a prescriptive element of alphabetic languages.
- Spellings attempt to transcribe the sounds of the language into alphabetic letters, but phonetic spellings are exceptions in many languages for various reasons.
- NounPLspellingsSUF-ling
- Verb
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.
- The computer usually defaults to autocorrecting certain spellings and capitalising first words of sentences.
- Because English spelling was becoming standardized in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Great Vowel Shift is responsible for many of the peculiarities of English spelling.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of spelling in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Participles
- Present participles
- Present participles
- Participles
- Verb forms
- Nouns
- en spellings
- en spellingly
- en spelling off
- en spelling bee
- en spelling bees
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "spelling" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.