spelled

Cast enchantment upon

Spelled is the past tense of spell—to form words letter by letter or to relieve someone temporarily: She spelled out her name, He spelled his colleague at the front desk.

In American English, spelled is the standard form; British English often prefers spelt.

A charm or incantation is cast, not spelled: The witch cast a spell.

orthography

letters

Alphabetic characters or mail

consonants · phonics · graphemes · diacritics · hyphenation · apostrophe · capitalization · homophones · homographs · misspelled

magic

enchanted

Under magical influence

charmed · conjured · incantation · sorcery · witchcraft · potion · amulet · talisman · wand · grimoire

writing

handwriting

Manual letter formation

penmanship · print · block letters · legibility · inscription · transcription · dictation · formation · tracing

relief

substituted

Put in place of

shift · break · rest · temporary · replacement · standby · backup · alternated · coverage · interval

Opposites
orthographic representation

spelledmisspelled

Written with wrong letters

unwritten · spoken · oral · abbreviated · unspelled

magical enchantment

spelledunspelled

Not affected by magic

disenchanted · unenchanted · freed · uncursed · unbewitched

relief/substitution

spelledunrelieved

Not lessened or eased

left alone · abandoned · unsupported · overworked

Phrases
Family

spell, spells, spelling, spell out, misspell, misspelling, spellers, misspells, spellcheck

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G