How to Use spelling in a Sentence

spelling

noun
  • The words “made” and “maid” sound alike but have different spellings.
  • The first trend on the way out is quirky name spellings.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Who won the state spelling bee this year?
    — Wendy Killeen, AZCentral.com, 21 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a new kid on the spelling block.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the same strategies work for all these spelling games.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
  • There have been changes in her life since that other spelling bee.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
  • Many of the comments agree with her about the spelling of the name.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But somewhere along the way, the spelling changed.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The brief had been full of spelling errors and was in no way ready to be viewed.
    — Katherine Bindley, WSJ, 8 June 2022
  • Put your spelling skills to the test with these seven words from this year’s bee.
    — Staff Report, courant.com, 31 May 2018
  • The first spelling bee was held in 1925.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • Who would tell me my father was too busy to sign my math tests or quiz me for spelling.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The website will play a word, and Koya will type in the spelling.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2022
  • For now, the spelling whiz wants to relax for the rest of the summer.
    — Shahzeb Ahmed, charlotteobserver, 1 June 2017
  • What happened in his case is there was an error in the spelling of his name.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Bon Jovi changed the spelling of his name while keeping the sound the same.
    — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For the most part, his spelling didn’t differ too much from ours today.
    — Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Lizzy Grant, where she wasn’t fully formed -- even down to the spelling of her name.
    — Richard S. He, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2019
  • In fact, each of my books has pages of notes at the back spelling out these sorts of connections.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Subjects from spelling to civics were nowhere to be found in the curriculum.
    — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Yet the spelling, even then, was mainly crack in the English style.
    — James Harbeck, The Week, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Please also pay attention to spelling, and don’t get cute with team names.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The spelling came years later … courtesy of a sixth grade art teacher.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But the spelling — when that’s the focus of the contest — pretty much doomed it as a choice.
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the name of the town.
    — Sarah Sirgany, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Keep an eye out for strange spelling and anything weird in the URL.
    — Diya Chacko, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2020
  • And the enduring lesson is that in life and in hockey, spelling counts.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This story has been updated to correct the spelling of a name.
    — Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Silent letters will fade, and the old spellings will go the way of Roman numerals.
    — Gabe Henry, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
  • This was his third time competing in the Herald spelling bee.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026

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