noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a grammatical/spelling/typing error
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You lose marks if your paper contains spelling errors.
a spelling mistake
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She spotted two spelling mistakes in the article.
a spelling/reading/listening test
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I didn’t do very well in the listening test.
correct spelling (= the correct way of writing words )
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Copying does not teach correct spelling.
spelling bee
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
correct
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You can also use the spelling checker to identify and correct deliberate spelling mistakes made to speed text entry.
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Thus correction involves substituting the correct spelling of the intended word for its misspelled counterpart, but controlled by the user.
different
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Equally, regional variations in speech may generate different spellings .
■ NOUN
checker
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You can also use the spelling checker to identify and correct deliberate spelling mistakes made to speed text entry.
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If you wanted to spell check it, you had to buy a spelling checker .
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The spelling checker highlights words which are not found in the dictionary.
error
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Some word processing packages have additional programs which can be used to check spelling errors or produce indexes.
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Phonological spelling errors are often characteristic of good readers who are extending their use of the phonological strategy into an inappropriate task.
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The crucial point is that spelling errors are not simply mistakes: they are miscues, with reasons for each miscue.
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Traditional spelling error detection and correction data is for typed input.
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For handwriting there are problems not only of spelling errors , but also illegible words.
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Method 1 Examine the children's writing and collect 100 spelling errors .
mistake
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The electric chair for those with spelling mistakes .
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I found a spelling mistake in our editorial this morning.
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It must be possible to encourage creative expression and to correct spelling mistakes .
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These five points do not cover all possible errors, but most spelling mistakes fall into one or more of these groups.
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You can also use the spelling checker to identify and correct deliberate spelling mistakes made to speed text entry.
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Beneath the window is a bilingual rubbish bin with a spelling mistake .
test
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They cheated in a spelling test together and they played kiss chase in the playground.
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Cheating in a spelling test and playing kiss chase in the playground - it was all down to Grant.
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Four years later they gave the 368 children left in the study standard reading and spelling tests .
■ VERB
check
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Some word processing packages have additional programs which can be used to check spelling errors or produce indexes.
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However you organise your checking routine, it is crucial to present written work which has been checked over for spelling .
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You should check the spelling and enter an existing module name.
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Please check the spelling a try again.
use
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Some word processing packages have additional programs which can be used to check spelling errors or produce indexes.
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Some deaf children are, however, very proficient at sign language and they can also spell out words using finger spelling .
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You can also use the spelling checker to identify and correct deliberate spelling mistakes made to speed text entry.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Tyre" is the British spelling of "tire."
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Ben has always been good at spelling .
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British and American spellings
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This essay is full of spelling mistakes.
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Your spelling is atrocious!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Everything seemed to depend, although I don't suppose it did, upon activities called mental arithmetic and spelling .
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Indeed, Margaret Peters actually quoted two hundred and five variant spellings of the word she has collected.
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It carried the latter, incorrect spelling of the word.
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It must be possible to encourage creative expression and to correct spelling mistakes.
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Phonological spelling errors are often characteristic of good readers who are extending their use of the phonological strategy into an inappropriate task.
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Reading and spelling accuracy is encouraged as the child copies one of these program listings.
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Some word processing packages have additional programs which can be used to check spelling errors or produce indexes.
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The word-games reinforce spelling and reading skills, and encourage accuracy.