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speller

speller

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A person who writes words with the correct letters
  • noun
  • /ˈspɛlər/
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  • In the spelling bee, she proved to be an exceptional speller, impressing everyone with her skills.
  • poor speller
  • good speller

I just said that I I'm not a good speller, so you can't text me back.

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Examples

Surface Forms

speller singular
spellers plural

Morphology

speller = spell (transparent) = spell + er

Agentive '-er' is productively added to the verb 'spell' to denote a person who performs the action; the meaning is directly derived and obvious.

Etymology

Speller comes from the verb spell, which means 'to name the letters of a word', and the ending -er, which means 'one who does something'. So a speller is simply someone who can correctly name or write the letters of words.