Spelling is the writing of a word or words with the necessary letters and diacritics present in an accepted standard order. The conventions which determine how the graphemes of a writing system are used to write a language. It is one of the elements of orthography and a prescriptive element of language. Spellings attempt to transcribe the sounds of the language according to the alphabetic principle, but fully phonetic spellings are exceptions in many languages for various reasons.
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