Spell Spelt Spelled Spel Verb Surname Wrong I

• how do you spell your surname?
• you've spelt my name wrong.
• i thought her name was catherine, but it's kathryn spelt with a ‘k’.
• should 'internet' be spelled with a capital or lower case i?

spell

Verb Forms

1. to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order
• How do you spell your surname?
• You've spelt my name wrong.
• I thought her name was Catherine, but it's Kathryn spelt with a ‘K’.
• Should 'internet' be spelled with a capital or lower case i?

Extra Examples

• ‘Nevaeh’ is ‘heaven’ spelled backwards/backward.
• Is ‘necessary’ spelled with one ‘s’, or two?
• The article spelled ‘survey’ as ‘servay’.
2. to form words correctly from individual letters
• SEE ALSO misspell
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/misspell
• I've never been able to spell.
3. to form words when they are put together in a particular order
• C—A—T spells ‘cat’.
4. to have something, usually something bad, as a result; to mean something, usually something bad
• The crop failure spelt disaster for many farmers.
• This defeat spelt the end of his hopes of winning the title again.
5. to replace for a short time somebody who is doing a particular activity so that they can rest
• Carter will be here in an hour to spell you.

Word Origin

• verb Middle English: shortening of Old French espeller, from the Germanic base of spell (noun senses 3 and 4).