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"Everyone thinks it's bread, like manna from heaven, but this spelling is from a Hawaiian word, which refers to the magic that's within all things," he said.

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  1. noun The forming of words with letters in an accepted order; orthography.
  2. noun The art or study of orthography.
  3. noun The way in which a word is spelled.

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  • "And his spelling is atrocious," Cherie concluded. —  Vale of the Vole
  • Another large percentage appear fine until I start to read them: the spelling is abysmal, the punctuation non-existent, and the syntax is convoluted. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 06 - June 1996
  • I guess my spelling is a problem, but not as important as food, and shelter, and transportation. —  WLNE - News
  • Your spelling is atrocious and noone can understand you. —  Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
  • "Everyone thinks it's bread, like manna from heaven, but this spelling is from a Hawaiian word, which refers to the magic that's within all things," he said. —  Vail Daily - Top Stories
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  1. from Middle English spellinge, spellunge, spelling, spellyng, recital, from Anglo-Saxon spellung, narration, verbal noun of spellian, tell, declare: see spell.
  2. from late Middle English spellynge (= Middle Dutch spellinghe, Dutch spelling); verbal noun of spell, v. Cf. Dutch spelkunst (kunst, art), spelling; buchstabiren, spell, as a noun, spelling (from buchstabe, a letter: see under book); Swedish stafning = Danish stavning, spelling (see staff, stave); and cf. orthography.
 

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/ˈspɛlɪŋ/
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