Foundation level · Year 4 · free
spell
verb · Say it: SPEL
What it means
Foundationto say or write the letters of a word in the correct order
Can you spell 'necessary' without looking at the dictionary?
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- write out
More examples
- Freya spelled every word correctly in Friday's spelling test.
Where the word comes from
From Old French 'espeller', meaning to read out letter by letter.
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