“spelling for” is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are asking someone to spell out a word or phrase. For example, “Can you spell for me the name of that town?”.
You should also make a habit of checking spellings - if there's a word you aren't sure of the spelling for, check the dictionary.
By Robert Herring (Kinema is the old spelling for cinema).
The only thing that threw me off was the variant spelling for two answers.
And a correction in this space on Sept. 11 gave another incorrect spelling for the district.
In American English, the spelling for the tool is "vise," not "vice".
Yes, that is the correct spelling for this highly interactive high-tech museum devoted to journalism.
I hope outsiders will take this into consideration when they adopt a spelling for the tribal name.
We will now use Macau instead of Macao as the spelling for the special district controlled by China.
The proper spelling for the name of the Mets' new Brooklyn Dodgers-inspired ballpark is "D'Ebbets Field".
Some things, however, should never be sacrificed for the sake of speed, he says – accurate spelling, for example.
For irony, look no further than Webster's — which beats YIVO hands down when it comes to forcing unnatural spelling for nationalistic aims.
