spell(1) Manual Page

Name

spell - spell word(s) using a spelling alphabet.

Synopsis

spell [-hlv] <word(s)>

Options

-h: Print this usage note (Default: false)
-l alphabet: Spelling alphabet to use (Default: en)
-v: Print version info (Default: false)

Spelling alphabets

cs: Czech
da: Danish
de-AT: Austrian German — ÖNORM A 1081
de-CH: Swiss High German
de-DE: German (Germany) — DIN 5009
en: English — ICAO, NATO
en-GB: British English
es: Spanish
fi: Finnish
fr: French
it: Italian
nl: Dutch
no: Norwegian Bokmål
pt-BR: Brazilian Portuguese
pt-PT: European Portuguese
ro: Romanian
ru: Russian
sl: Slovenian
sv: Swedish
tr: Turkish
uk: Ukrainian

Examples

To set a default language you may use an alias:

alias spell="spell -l de"

Copyright

Copyright © 2020 Simon Nagl.
Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the MIT License.