diff --git a/components/Authors.vue b/components/Authors.vue
index 40e2a9d5..789f3383 100644
--- a/components/Authors.vue
+++ b/components/Authors.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <li v-for="author in config.contact.authors || []" class="mb-2">
             <Icon :v="author.group ? 'users' : 'user'"/>
             <a :href="author.link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
-                <Spelling>{{author.name}}</Spelling>
+                <Spelling :text="author.name"/>
             </a>
         </li>
         <li v-if="authors === undefined">
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <template v-else>
             <li v-for="author in authors" class="mb-2">
                 <Icon v="user"/>
-                <Spelling>{{ author.footerName }}</Spelling>
+                <Spelling :text="author.footerName"/>
                 <nuxt-link :to="`/@${author.username}`" class="badge bg-light text-dark border">
                     @{{author.username}}
                 </nuxt-link>
diff --git a/components/Dictionary.vue b/components/Dictionary.vue
index 4b24eb01..f927d488 100644
--- a/components/Dictionary.vue
+++ b/components/Dictionary.vue
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                     </ul>
                     <ul v-if="config.nouns.plurals" class="list-plural">
                         <li v-for="w in s.el.mascPl">
-                            <Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling>
+                            <Spelling :text="w"/>
                             <a :href="`/api/nouns/${w}.png`" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><Icon v="image"/></a>
                         </li>
                     </ul>
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@
                         <p><strong><T>nouns.edited</T>:</strong></p>
                         <ul class="list-singular">
                             <li v-for="w in nouns[s.el.base].masc">
-                                <Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling>
+                                <Spelling :text="w"/>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
                         <ul v-if="config.nouns.plurals" class="list-plural">
                             <li v-for="w in nouns[s.el.base].mascPl">
-                                <Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling>
+                                <Spelling :text="w"/>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
                     </small>
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@
                 <td>
                     <ul class="list-singular">
                         <li v-for="w in s.el.fem">
-                            <Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling>
+                            <Spelling :text="w"/>
                             <a :href="`/api/nouns/${w}.png`" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><Icon v="image"/></a>
                         </li>
                     </ul>
                     <ul v-if="config.nouns.plurals" class="list-plural">
                         <li v-for="w in s.el.femPl">
-                            <Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling>
+                            <Spelling :text="w"/>
                             <a :href="`/api/nouns/${w}.png`" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><Icon v="image"/></a>
                         </li>
                     </ul>
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@
                         <p><strong><T>nouns.edited</T>:</strong></p>
                         <ul class="list-singular">
                             <li v-for="w in nouns[s.el.base].fem">
-                                <Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling>
+                                <Spelling :text="w"/>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
                         <ul v-if="config.nouns.plurals" class="list-plural">
                             <li v-for="w in nouns[s.el.base].femPl">
-                                <Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling>
+                                <Spelling :text="w"/>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
                     </small>
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@
                     <ul class="list-singular">
                         <li v-for="w in s.el.neutr">
                             <Declension v-if="config.nouns.declension" :word="w"/>
-                            <template v-else><Spelling>{{w}}</Spelling></template>
+                            <template v-else><Spelling :text="w"/></template>
                             <a :href="`/api/nouns/${w}.png`" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><Icon v="image"/></a>
                         </li>
                     </ul>
                     <ul v-if="config.nouns.plurals" class="list-plural">
                         <li v-for="w in s.el.neutrPl">
                             <Declension v-if="config.nouns.declension" :word="w" plural :singularOptions="s.el.neutr"/>
-                            <template v-else><Spelling>{{w}}</Spelling></template>
+                            <template v-else><Spelling :text="w"/></template>
                             <a :href="`/api/nouns/${w}.png`" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><Icon v="image"/></a>
                         </li>
                     </ul>
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@
                     <small v-if="s.el.base && nouns[s.el.base]">
                         <p><strong><T>nouns.edited</T>:</strong></p>
                         <ul class="list-singular">
-                            <li v-for="w in nouns[s.el.base].neutr"><Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling></li>
+                            <li v-for="w in nouns[s.el.base].neutr"><Spelling :text="w"/></li>
                         </ul>
                         <ul v-if="config.nouns.plurals" class="list-plural">
-                            <li v-for="w in nouns[s.el.base].neutrPl"><Spelling>{{ w }}</Spelling></li>
+                            <li v-for="w in nouns[s.el.base].neutrPl"><Spelling :text="w"/></li>
                         </ul>
                     </small>
                 </td>
diff --git a/components/Example.vue b/components/Example.vue
index ee79a7d7..9d5920a0 100644
--- a/components/Example.vue
+++ b/components/Example.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <span>
         <span v-for="part in example[(example.isHonorific ? pronoun.isPluralHonorific(counter) : pronoun.isPlural(counter)) ? 'pluralParts' : 'singularParts']">
             <strong v-if="part.variable"><Spelling :text="pronoun.getMorpheme(part.str, counter)"/></strong>
-            <span v-else><Spelling>{{part.str}}</Spelling></span>
+            <span v-else><Spelling :text="part.str"/></span>
         </span>
         <small v-if="link">
             (<nuxt-link :to="'/' + pronoun.canonicalName"><Spelling :text="pronoun.canonicalName"/></nuxt-link>)
diff --git a/components/Flag.vue b/components/Flag.vue
index 75d40073..5fcc6f30 100644
--- a/components/Flag.vue
+++ b/components/Flag.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <template>
     <a v-if="link" :href="`/${config.nouns.route}/${config.nouns.terms.route}#${link.toLowerCase()}`" :title="alt">
         <img :src="img" alt="" class="rounded"/>
-        <Spelling>{{ name }}</Spelling>
+        <Spelling :text="name"/>
     </a>
     <span v-else :title="alt">
         <img :src="img" alt="" class="rounded"/>
-        <Spelling>{{ name }}</Spelling>
+        <Spelling :text="name"/>
     </span>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/components/Header.vue b/components/Header.vue
index babdc6a9..2eba56dd 100644
--- a/components/Header.vue
+++ b/components/Header.vue
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
             <div class="btn-group-vertical d-flex nav-custom mb-2">
                 <nuxt-link v-for="link in links" :key="link.link" :to="link.link" :class="`btn btn-sm ${isActiveRoute(link) ? 'active' : ''}`">
                     <Icon :v="link.icon"/>
-                    <Spelling>{{ link.textLong || link.text }}</Spelling>
+                    <Spelling :text="link.textLong || link.text"/>
                 </nuxt-link>
             </div>
         </div>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
                 <div class="btn-group-vertical d-flex nav-custom nav-custom-start mb-2">
                     <nuxt-link v-for="link in links" :key="link.link" :to="link.link" :class="`btn btn-sm ${isActiveRoute(link) ? 'active' : ''}`">
                         <Icon :v="link.icon"/>
-                        <Spelling>{{ link.textLong || link.text }}</Spelling>
+                        <Spelling :text="link.textLong || link.text"/>
                     </nuxt-link>
                 </div>
             </div>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                 <nuxt-link v-for="link in links" :key="link.link" :to="link.link" :class="`btn btn-sm ${isActiveRoute(link) ? 'active' : ''}`">
                     <Icon :v="link.icon" size="1.6"/>
                     <br/>
-                    <span class="text-nowrap"><Spelling>{{ link.text }}</Spelling></span>
+                    <span class="text-nowrap"><Spelling :text="link.text"/></span>
                 </nuxt-link>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/components/Opinion.vue b/components/Opinion.vue
index a556ef78..1534871f 100644
--- a/components/Opinion.vue
+++ b/components/Opinion.vue
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
     <span>
         <strong v-if="opinion === 1">
             <img src="../node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-pro/svgs/solid/heart.svg" :aria-label="$t('profile.opinion.yes')" class="icon"/>
-            <nuxt-link v-if="link" :to="link"><Spelling>{{ word }}</Spelling></nuxt-link>
-            <span v-else><Spelling>{{ word }}</Spelling></span>
+            <nuxt-link v-if="link" :to="link"><Spelling :text="word"/></nuxt-link>
+            <span v-else><Spelling :text="word"/></span>
         </strong>
         <span v-else-if="opinion === 2">
             <Icon v="grin-tongue" :aria-label="$t('profile.opinion.jokingly')"/>
-            <nuxt-link v-if="link" :to="link"><Spelling>{{ word }}</Spelling></nuxt-link>
-            <span v-else><Spelling>{{ word }}</Spelling></span>
+            <nuxt-link v-if="link" :to="link"><Spelling :text="word"/></nuxt-link>
+            <span v-else><Spelling :text="word"/></span>
         </span>
         <span v-else-if="opinion === 0">
             <Icon v="thumbs-up" :aria-label="$t('profile.opinion.meh')"/>
-            <nuxt-link v-if="link" :to="link"><Spelling>{{ word }}</Spelling></nuxt-link>
-            <span v-else><Spelling>{{ word }}</Spelling></span>
+            <nuxt-link v-if="link" :to="link"><Spelling :text="word"/></nuxt-link>
+            <span v-else><Spelling :text="word"/></span>
         </span>
         <span v-else-if="opinion === -1" class="text-muted small">
             <Icon v="thumbs-down" :aria-label="$t('profile.opinion.no')"/>
-            <nuxt-link v-if="link" :to="link"><Spelling>{{ word }}</Spelling></nuxt-link>
-            <span v-else><Spelling>{{ word }}</Spelling></span>
+            <nuxt-link v-if="link" :to="link"><Spelling :text="word"/></nuxt-link>
+            <span v-else><Spelling :text="word"/></span>
         </span>
     </span>
 </template>
diff --git a/components/SimplePronounList.vue b/components/SimplePronounList.vue
index 036a1094..0159c1fa 100644
--- a/components/SimplePronounList.vue
+++ b/components/SimplePronounList.vue
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
     <ul>
         <li v-for="pronoun in pronouns" :key="pronoun.canonicalName">
             <nuxt-link v-if="typeof pronoun === 'string'" :to="'/' + pronoun">
-                <strong><Spelling>{{pronoun.replace(/&/g, ' ' + $t('pronouns.or') + ' ')}}</Spelling></strong>
+                <strong><Spelling :text="pronoun.replace(/&/g, ' ' + $t('pronouns.or') + ' ')"/></strong>
             </nuxt-link>
             <nuxt-link v-else :to="addSlash('/' + pronoun.canonicalName)">
-                <strong><Spelling>{{pronoun.name(glue)}}</Spelling></strong><small v-if="pronoun.smallForm">/<Spelling>{{pronoun.morphemes[pronoun.smallForm]}}</Spelling></small>
+                <strong><Spelling :text="pronoun.name(glue)"/></strong><small v-if="pronoun.smallForm">/<Spelling :text="pronoun.morphemes[pronoun.smallForm]"/></small>
                 –
-                <small><Spelling>{{pronoun.description}}</Spelling></small>
+                <small><Spelling :text="pronoun.description"/></small>
             </nuxt-link>
             <NormativeBadge v-if="pronoun.normative"/>
         </li>
diff --git a/components/Source.vue b/components/Source.vue
index 95f1221c..3725388a 100644
--- a/components/Source.vue
+++ b/components/Source.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <div class="my-2" v-if="!deleted">
         <h3 class="h6">
             <Icon :v="source.icon()"/>
-            <strong><Spelling v-if="source.author">{{source.author.replace('^', '')}}</Spelling><span v-if="source.author"> – </span><em><a v-if="source.link" :href="source.link" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><Spelling :text="addMarks(source.title)"></Spelling></a><Spelling v-else :text="addMarks(source.title)"></Spelling></em></strong><template v-if="source.extra"> (<Spelling>{{source.extra}}</Spelling>)</template>, {{source.year}}<template v-if="source.comment">; <Spelling>{{source.comment}}</Spelling></template>
+            <strong><Spelling v-if="source.author">{{source.author.replace('^', '')}}</Spelling><span v-if="source.author"> – </span><em><a v-if="source.link" :href="source.link" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><Spelling :text="addMarks(source.title)"></Spelling></a><Spelling v-else :text="addMarks(source.title)"></Spelling></em></strong><template v-if="source.extra"> (<Spelling :text="source.extra"/>)</template>, {{source.year}}<template v-if="source.comment">; <Spelling :text="source.comment"/></template>
         </h3>
         <ul class="list-inline" v-if="manage && $isGranted('sources')">
             <li v-if="!source.approved" class="list-inline-item">
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             </li>
             <li class="list-inline-item">
                 <span v-for="p in source.pronouns" :class="['badge', pronounLibrary.isCanonical(p) ? 'bg-success' : 'bg-danger', 'm-1']">
-                    <Spelling>{{p}}</Spelling>
+                    <Spelling :text="p"/>
                 </span>
             </li>
             <li class="list-inline-item" v-if="source.key">
diff --git a/components/Spelling.vue b/components/Spelling.vue
index 1ca14454..ee55ab45 100644
--- a/components/Spelling.vue
+++ b/components/Spelling.vue
@@ -4,21 +4,10 @@
     export default {
         mixins: [ spelling ],
         props: {
-            text: {},
+            text: { required: true },
         },
         render(h) {
-            return h('span', {domProps: { innerHTML: this.handleSpelling(this.val) }});
+            return h('span', {domProps: { innerHTML: this.handleSpelling(this.text) }});
         },
-        computed: {
-            val() {
-                if (this.text !== undefined) {
-                    return this.text;
-                }
-                if (this.$slots.default && this.$slots.default.length) {
-                    return this.$slots.default[0].text;
-                }
-                return ''
-            }
-        }
     }
 </script>
diff --git a/routes/homepage.vue b/routes/homepage.vue
index f3467671..2a3e9ae3 100644
--- a/routes/homepage.vue
+++ b/routes/homepage.vue
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             <ul class="list-group mt-4">
                 <li v-for="[group, groupPronouns] in pronounLibrary.split()" class="list-group-item">
                     <p class="h5">
-                        <Spelling>{{ group.name }}</Spelling>
+                        <Spelling :text="group.name"/>
                     </p>
                     <div class="small my-1" v-if="group.description">
                         <Icon v="info-circle"/>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                 </li>
                 <li v-if="config.pronouns.multiple !== false" class="list-group-item">
                     <p class="h5">
-                        <Spelling>{{ config.pronouns.multiple.name }}</Spelling>
+                        <Spelling :text="config.pronouns.multiple.name"/>
                     </p>
                     <div class="small my-1" v-if="config.pronouns.multiple.description">
                         <Icon v="info-circle"/>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                                         <button :class="['btn', multiple.includes(pronounName) ? 'btn-primary' : 'btn-outline-primary', 'btn-sm', 'my-1']"
                                                 @click="toggleMultiple(pronounName)"
                                         >
-                                            <Spelling>{{pronoun.name()}}</Spelling>
+                                            <Spelling :text="pronoun.name()"/>
                                         </button>
                                     </li>
                                 </ul>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                 </li>
                 <li v-if="config.pronouns.null !== false" class="list-group-item">
                     <p class="h5">
-                        <Spelling>{{ config.pronouns.null.description }}</Spelling>
+                        <Spelling :text="config.pronouns.null.description"/>
                     </p>
                     <div class="small my-1" v-if="config.pronouns.null.history">
                         <Icon v="info-circle"/>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
                 </li>
                 <li v-if="config.pronouns.emoji !== false" class="list-group-item">
                     <p class="h5">
-                        <Spelling>{{ config.pronouns.emoji.description }}</Spelling>
+                        <Spelling :text="config.pronouns.emoji.description"/>
                     </p>
                     <div class="small my-1" v-if="config.pronouns.emoji.history">
                         <Icon v="info-circle"/>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
                                         <button :class="['btn', pronoun.name(glue) === selectedPronoun.name(glue) ? 'btn-primary' : 'btn-outline-primary', 'btn-sm', 'my-1']"
                                                 @click="selectedPronoun = pronouns[pronounName].clone()"
                                         >
-                                            <Spelling>{{pronoun.name(glue)}}</Spelling>
+                                            <Spelling :text="pronoun.name(glue)"/>
                                         </button>
                                     </li>
                                 </ul>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
                             <div class="alert alert-primary">
                                 <p class="h3 mb-0 text-center">
-                                    <Spelling>{{ selectedPronoun.name(glue) }}</Spelling>
+                                    <Spelling :text="selectedPronoun.name(glue)"/>
                                     <br/>
                                     <input v-model="selectedPronoun.description"
                                            class="form-control form-input p-0 form-control-sm"
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
                                                    @focus="selectedMorpheme = part.str"
                                                    @blur="selectedMorpheme = ''"
                                             />
-                                            <span v-else><Spelling>{{part.str}}</Spelling></span>
+                                            <span v-else><Spelling :text="part.str"/></span>
                                         </span>
                                     </li>
                                 </ul>
diff --git a/routes/profile.vue b/routes/profile.vue
index 662ec13d..b740dc2e 100644
--- a/routes/profile.vue
+++ b/routes/profile.vue
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
         <section v-if="profile.age ||profile.description.trim().length">
             <p v-for="line in profile.description.split('\n')" class="mb-1">
-                <Spelling>{{ line }}</Spelling>
+                <Spelling :text="line"/>
             </p>
             <p v-if="profile.age">
                 <Icon v="birthday-cake"/>
diff --git a/routes/pronoun.vue b/routes/pronoun.vue
index 78f5090d..36555f5d 100644
--- a/routes/pronoun.vue
+++ b/routes/pronoun.vue
@@ -16,21 +16,18 @@
                         <template v-for="(nameOption, i) in nameOptions">
                             <nuxt-link :to="'/' + addSlash(nameOption)">
                                 <strong>
-                                    <Spelling>{{ nameOption }}</Spelling>
+                                    <Spelling :text="nameOption"/>
                                 </strong>
                             </nuxt-link>
-                            <span v-if="i < nameOptions.length - 1"><Spelling>{{ glue }}</Spelling></span>
+                            <span v-if="i < nameOptions.length - 1"><Spelling :text="glue"/></span>
                         </template>
                     </template>
                 </h2>
                 <p class="h6 small text-center mb-0 mt-2" v-if="selectedPronoun.description">
                     <em>
-                        <Spelling>
-                        ({{Array.isArray(selectedPronoun.description)
+                        (<Spelling :text="Array.isArray(selectedPronoun.description)
                             ? ($t('pronouns.alt.header') + ': ' + selectedPronoun.description.join(glue))
-                            : selectedPronoun.description
-                        }})
-                        </Spelling>
+                            : selectedPronoun.description"/>)
                     </em>
                 </p>
             </div>
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@
             <ul class="list-group mt-4">
                 <li class="list-group-item">
                     <p class="h5">
-                        <Spelling>{{ pronounGroup.group.name }}</Spelling>
+                        <Spelling :text="pronounGroup.group.name"/>
                     </p>
                     <div class="small my-1">
                         <Icon v="info-circle"/>
@@ -77,12 +74,12 @@
                     <ul class="list-unstyled">
                         <li v-for="pronoun in pronounGroup.groupPronouns" :key="pronoun.canonicalName">
                             <nuxt-link v-if="typeof pronoun === 'string'" :to="'/' + pronoun">
-                                <strong><Spelling>{{pronoun.replace(/&/g, ' ' + $t('pronouns.or') + ' ')}}</Spelling></strong>
+                                <strong><Spelling :text="pronoun.replace(/&/g, ' ' + $t('pronouns.or') + ' ')"/></strong>
                             </nuxt-link>
                             <nuxt-link v-else :to="addSlash('/' + pronoun.canonicalName)">
-                                <strong><Spelling>{{pronoun.name(glue)}}</Spelling></strong><small v-if="pronoun.smallForm">/<Spelling>{{pronoun.morphemes[pronoun.smallForm]}}</Spelling></small>
+                                <strong><Spelling :text="pronoun.name(glue)"/></strong><small v-if="pronoun.smallForm">/<Spelling :text="pronoun.morphemes[pronoun.smallForm]"/></small>
                                 –
-                                <small><Spelling>{{pronoun.description}}</Spelling></small>
+                                <small><Spelling :text="pronoun.description"/></small>
                             </nuxt-link>
                             <NormativeBadge v-if="pronoun.normative"/>
                         </li>