Spelling
（重定向自Mispelt）
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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.