Collocations for "spelling"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "spelling" in context.
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spell
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [cold, cool, warm, hot, sunny] spell
- a [good, bad, promising, short, better] spell
- a [good] spell of [weather, fortune, play]
- a spell of [good] [weather]
- a [coughing, sneezing] spell
- [an evil, a nasty, a malicious, a magic] spell
- UK: a [three-hour, two-week] spell
- UK: [are here, lived there] (just) for a spell
- [suffered, had, experienced] a [dizzy, faint] spell
- the [team, company, family] is going through a bad spell
- am [having, in the middle of] a dry spell
- the [witch, wizard] [cast, uttered, performed] a spell
- she put a spell on me!
- put him under a spell
- has her under his spell
- the [town, population, people] were living under a spell
- was under the spell of the [music, waves, flames]
- a spell of [coughing, back pain]
- UK: let me take a spell at [driving, the wheel]
- [hold, take part in] a sponsored spell
- a spell [check, checker, corrector]
- a spell [chaser, catcher, hunter]
- know how to spell (the word)
- how do you spell (the word)...?
- could you spell that for me?
- how are you spelling that?
- spell it with [two "e"s]
- spells her name [the same, a different, the traditional] way
- (almost) spelled it correctly
- can't spell (very well)
- spell out the word
- spell the word out
- spell out your [name, email]
- spell [it, the plan, the joke] out to him
- do I (really) have to spell it out to you?
- [could, might] (just) spell the end of the [world, business, group, friendship]
- will only spell [trouble, disaster]
- could spell [trouble, danger] (for)
'spelling' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):