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# speller

noun (a speller, spellers)

«speller» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A speller is a person who spells words, described as good or bad at it: she's a good speller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#m1)
2. (US, Canada) A speller is also a school book of spelling lists and exercises. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#m2)
3. A spell-checker on a computer is sometimes called a speller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school life, spelling tests and spelling bees show who is a strong speller; contestants in a spelling bee are called spellers. In US schools pupils may have a speller workbook. Being a poor speller has nothing to do with being clever — many smart people find spelling hard, including some with dyslexia.

### Examples

- My sister is a brilliant speller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#x1)
- I'm a terrible speller, so I check my work carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#x2)
- Fifty spellers took part in the spelling bee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#x3)
- Open your spellers to page 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#x4)
- The best speller in the class won a dictionary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#x5)
- The speller on my laptop missed my mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#x6)
- Good spellers read a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/#x7)

### Note

Countable: spellers. "Speller" is the person; "spelling" is the activity. Being a weak speller is not the same as being unintelligent.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «speller» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speller/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«speller» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/speller.html) on Mova free.