spelling has definitions from the fields of linguistics,writing
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[ noun ] (linguistics,writing) forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

Used in print

(Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)

The Stanford_Achievement_Test , Form_J , was administered by classroom teachers , consisting_of a battery of six sub_tests : Paragraph Meaning , Word Meaning , Spelling , Language , Arithmetic Computation , and Arithmetic Reasoning .

(Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)

A random storage scheme , based on the spelling of forms , provides an economical way to compile this text form list .

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