Grammar vs. Spelling — What's the Difference?

In linguistics, the grammar (from Ancient Greek γραμματική grammatikḗ) of a natural language is its set of structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraints, a field that includes domains such as phonology, morphology, and syntax, often complemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics.

Spelling is a set of conventions that regulate the way of using graphemes (writing system) to represent a language in its written form. In other words, spelling is the rendering of speech sound (phoneme) into writing (grapheme).

The study of how words and their component parts combine to form sentences.

The forming of words with letters in an accepted order; orthography.

The study of structural relationships in language or in a language, sometimes including pronunciation, meaning, and linguistic history.

The art or study of orthography.

The system of inflections, syntax, and word formation of a language.

The way in which a word is spelled.

The system of rules implicit in a language, viewed as a mechanism for generating all sentences possible in that language.

A person's ability to spell words

A normative or prescriptive set of rules setting forth the current standard of usage for pedagogical or reference purposes.

Present participle of spell

Writing or speech judged with regard to such a set of rules.

(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.

A book containing the morphologic, syntactic, and semantic rules for a specific language.

(uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.

The basic principles of an area of knowledge

(countable) A specific spelling of a word.

A book dealing with such principles.

A spelling test or spelling bee.

A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.

(music) A choice of notation among enharmonic equivalents for the same pitch.

The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).

The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.

A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.

Of or pertaining to spelling.

(computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.

Forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.

(computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language

The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.

A book describing these rules or principles; a textbook.

(UK) A grammar school.

To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use and application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.

The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.

A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

Treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.

To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

Studies of the formation of basic linguistic units