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or·thog·ra·phy  (ôr-thgr-f)

n. pl. or·thog·ra·phies

1. The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.

3. A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.

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or·thogra·pher, or·thogra·phist n.

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orthography

Noun

1. spelling considered to be correct: British and American orthography is different in many cases

2. the study of spelling [Greek orthos correct + graphein to write]

orthographic adj

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orthography

1. the art of writing words according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
2. that part of grammar that treats of letters and spelling.
3. a method of spelling. — orthographer, n. — orthographic, adj.

See also: Spelling

Thesaurus

Noun

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orthography - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols writing system punctuation - the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases hyphenation - connecting syllables and words by hyphens hyphenation, word division - division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page script - a particular orthography or writing system spelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage writing - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" picture writing - a writing system using pictographs alphabetic script, alphabetic writing - a writing system based on alphabetic characters boustrophedon - an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' ideography - the use of ideograms in writing hieroglyph, hieroglyphic - a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt point system - a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases