English Explanatory Dictionary

back-spelling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unetymological, often hypercorrect, spelling of a word created by analogy with other words which (usually through loss of a sound or its phonetic merger with other sounds) have become similar to it.

Pronunciation

/ˈbækˌspɛlɪŋ/

Word forms

back-spelling backspelling

Etymology

From back + spelling.

Synonyms

inverse spelling
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