"speller" meaning in English

See speller in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: spellers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ) Etymology: From spell + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|spell|er}} spell + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} speller (plural spellers)
  1. A person who spells. Translations (person who spells): épeleur [masculine] (French), épeleuse [feminine] (French), Buchstabierer [masculine] (German), Buchstabiererin [feminine] (German), deletreador [masculine] (Spanish), deletreadora [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-speller-en-noun-IYsMmXv6 Disambiguation of 'person who spells': 89 3 3 5
  2. A participant in a spelling bee. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-speller-en-noun-63C48fN8 Disambiguation of People: 36 55 8 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 48 32 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 9 39 39 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 67 20 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 49 34 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 53 34 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 52 33 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 58 25 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 60 26 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 53 30 11
  3. (US) A book used to learn how to spell properly. Tags: US Translations (book used to learn to spell properly): Fibel [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-speller-en-noun-UjrBwRVw Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 9 39 39 12 Disambiguation of 'book used to learn to spell properly': 3 2 90 4
  4. (computing) A spell checker. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (spell checker): oikoluku (Finnish), oikolukuohjelma (Finnish), correcteur orthographique [masculine] (French), vérificateur d’orthographe [masculine] (French), vérificateur orthographique [masculine] (French), Rechtschreibprüfung [feminine] (German), Rechtschreibkorrekturprogramm [neuter] (German), Rechtschreibprogramm [neuter] (German), Korrekturprogramm [neuter] (German), corrector ortográfico [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-speller-en-noun-ri8o52TN Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 9 39 39 12 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'spell checker': 5 4 4 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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