Spelled, also called "wheat of the Gauls", is a cereal close to wheat but dressed. This species is also called "large spelled" as opposed to "small spelled" or engrain, another species of rustic cereal of the genus Triticum, or "farro"

More than 15,000 years ago in the Middle East, common wheat first appeared in the wild, however it has only been cultivated for 6,000 years BC. At first, it was eaten raw, then toasted, porridge and finally in a loaf of bread. Cultivated today in many regions of the world, it is also called wheat. In France, soft wheat occupies the first place of the most cultivated cereals, it is mainly found in Pays de la Loire, in the Center region, in Burgundy and in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

The grain has a low gluten content (about 7%), bread-making, it is one of the plant species comprising "complete proteins" ensuring the supply of all essential amino acids, unlike modern wheat varieties and hybrid spelled, having lost this characteristic during crossbreeding and selection.