綴り・綴|つづりtsuzuri[3]odaka (tail-high)

Common
Which spelling to use
綴り綴り is the most common and standard form; use it as the default spelling when writing this word.
綴綴 is less common than 綴り and uses kanji only, with irregular okurigana; beginners should normally use 綴り instead.
Definitions
  1. nounspelling; orthography
    お名前なまえの綴つづりを教おしえてください。↗
    How do you spell your name?
  2. nounfile; pad; bundle; binding
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymスペルNeutralLoanword for the spelling of a word, as in 「スペルミス」; the usual choice in everyday speech.
  • Synonym綴り方つづりかたNeutralRefers to methods of writing, once also the elementary-school composition class; it stresses how you write, while 「綴り」 is spelling itself or a bound file.
  • SynonymスペリングNeutralLoanword meaning spelling, synonymous with 「スペル」 but used less often.
  • Synonym綴り字つづりじNeutralThe letters used to spell a word; it stresses the letters themselves and is used less than 「綴り」.
  • Synonym綴字ていじWrittenSpelling or orthography as a linguistics term; found in written, formal prose.

Use 「綴り」 for a word's spelling or a bound file, as in 「英語の綴り」 and 「書類の綴り」. In everyday speech the loanword 「スペル」 is common; 「綴り方」 covers ways of writing or school composition, and 「綴字」 is a written linguistics term.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. つづること。
  2. 端切はぎれなどを繋ぎ合つなぎあわせた粗末そまつな着物きもの。
  3. 印欧語いんおうごの綴字ていじ。綴り字つづりじ。スペリング。
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