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Definition: Speller |
SpellerNoun1. Someone who spells words. 2. An introductory textbook to teach spelling. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "speller" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A program that checks the spelling of words. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SpellerSynonyms: good speller (n), poor speller (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Speller |
| English words defined with "speller": Spelling book. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "speller": CHAUCER ♦ Ramsbottom ♦ WEBSTER. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Speller" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.89% of the time. "Speller" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.89% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 31.11% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "speller" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Speller | Last name | 1,000 | 10,157 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "speller": bad speller ♦ good speller ♦ poor speller ♦ speller program. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
speller | 64 |
franklin speller | 17 |
electronic speller | 9 |
medical speller | 8 |
word speller | 5 |
phone number speller | 5 |
natural speller | 4 |
back blue speller | 3 |
phone speller | 3 |
speller webster | 3 |
backed blue etext speller webster | 3 |
speller dictionary | 2 |
quick speller | 2 |
bad dictionary speller | 2 |
speller visual | 2 |
name speller | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "speller"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كتاب لتعليم التهجية, سئ في التهجة, جيد في التهجة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ръководство по правопис (spelling book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 拚音器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | staveprogram (speller program, spelling checker), stavekontrol (speller program, spelling checker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spellingscontroleprogramma (speller program, spelling checker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هجی کننده , کتاب املاء , کسیکه لغت راهجی میکند. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | oikolukuohjelma (speller program, spelling checker), oikeinkirjoituksen tarkistusohjelma (speller program, spelling checker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vérificateur orthographique (spellchecker), livre d'orthographe (spelling book), correcteur orthographique (spellchecker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Buchstabierer (spellers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συλλαβιστήσ, βιβλίο συλλαβισμού, βιβλίο ορθοφγραφίασ, ελεγκτής ορθογραφίας (speller program, spelling checker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מאית (hundredth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | helyesírási kézikönyv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | programma di controllo ortografico (speller program, spelling checker), correttore ortografico (speller program, spelling checker), chi compita. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자하" 사람. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lettreyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellerspay programa de verificação ortográfica (speller program, spelling checker), programa de correção gramatical. (various references) persoanã care scrie corect, persoanã care descifreazã, abecedar (abc, horn-book, primer, reader, spelling book). (various references) спеллер (spell checker, spell checkers). (various references) bukvar (abc book, hornbook, primer, spelling book). (various references) corrector ortográfico (spelling checker). (various references) stavningskontroll. (various references) yazım kurallarına uyan kimse, imlâ kurallarına uyarak yazan kimse, imlâ kılavuzu. (various references) той, що пише, орфографічний довідник. (various references) người đánh vần sách học vần điểm báo trước. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "speller": spellers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "speller": gospeller. (additional references) | |
Words containing "speller": gospellers. (additional references) | |
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"Speller" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asprella, Peller, Preller, sapele, sellery, sheller, sneller, spealler, spele, spellen, spillen, Supalla, Szekler, Zoeller. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "speller" (pronounced spe"ler) |
| 4 | -p e" l er | propeller. |
| 3 | -e" l er | bestseller, cellar, dweller, feller, Heller, interstellar, lamellar, reseller, seller, sheller, sneller, stellar, teller. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: presell, respell. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-l-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: lepers, repels, resell, seller. | |
-2 letters: leers, leper, peels, peers, peles, perse, prees, prese, reels, repel, selle, sleep, speel, speer, spell, spree. | |
-3 letters: eels, ells, else, leer, lees, peel, peer, pees, pele, pree, reel, rees, reps, seel, seep, seer, sell, sere. | |
-4 letters: eel, ell, els, ere, ers, lee, pee, per, pes, ree, rep, res, see. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-l-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: presells, respells, spellers. | |
+2 letters: cupellers, expellers, gospeller, impellers, prunelles, repellers, respelled, supersell. | |
+3 letters: espadrille, gospellers, peerlessly, preselling, propellers, repellants, repellents, respelling, supersells. | |
+4 letters: espadrilles, pallbearers, palletizers, pelletizers, pellitories, permillages, phelloderms, pleasurable, pollenizers, powerlessly, precolleges, prelusively, pricelessly, propellents, reposefully, repulsively, respellings, sleepwalker, spellbinder, spirituelle, spitefuller, superseller. | |
+5 letters: boilerplates, counterspell, milliamperes, multiplexers, placeholders, pleasureless, preclusively, repellencies, respectfully, sleepwalkers, spellbinders, superhelical, supersellers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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