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Spelt vs Spilt - What's the difference?

spelt | spilt |

In chiefly british terms the difference between spelt and spilt

is that spelt is past tense of spell while spilt is past tense of spill.

As a noun spelt

is a grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species ''Triticum spelta.

As an adjective spilt is

that has been spilt.

spelt

English

Etymology 1

See (spell)

Alternative forms

* spelled (qualifier)

Verb

(head)
  • (chiefly, British) (spell)
  • * 1590 , (William Shakespeare), , v 1
    • Yes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?

    Usage notes

    The form spelt'' may predominate over ''spelled in parts of North America with heavier English settlement since the 19th century. One such place is Utah.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, '', or a separate species Triticum spelta.
    • See also
    * (wikipedia "spelt") * emmer * farro

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) spalden, or (etyl) spald.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
  • (metalworking) spelter

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To split; to break; to spalt.
    • (Mortimer)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    spilt

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That has been spilt.
    • Don't cry over spilt milk; tears won't put it back in the glass.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chiefly, British) (spill)

    • Alternative forms

    * spilled (mainly US )

    See also

    * don't cry over spilt milk

    Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)