English-Spanish translations for spelling

• grafía
  Tampoco se puede utilizar la grafía original de los nombres extranjeros en los documentos de identidad. The original spelling of foreign names cannot be used in identity documents.
  Sus nombres se ven bastante distorsionados, ya que no les permiten escribir utilizando la grafía polaca. Their names are forcefully distorted; they are not allowed to write them down in accordance with the Polish spelling.
  Hay una marca de pantalones vaqueros que no voy a mencionar cuya grafía es prácticamente idéntica a los famosos Levis. There is a brand of jeans to which I shall not refer which is almost exactly the same in spelling as the famous Levis.
• ortografía
  Ya hemos tenido un problema de faltas de ortografía en la sala de Bruselas, como usted sabe, así que tendremos que corregir también ésta. As you know, we have had mis-spellings in the Chamber in Brussels, and we must correct those here as well.

Definition of spelling

• The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography
• The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling
• A specific spelling of a word
• A spelling test or spelling bee

Related words

• misspelling
• fingerspelling
• spelling-book
• spelling bee
• spelling variant
• spelling alphabet
• spelling reform
• spelling pronunciation
• spelling mistake