orthography
or·thog·ra·phy
noun \ȯr-ˈthä-grə-fē\Definition of ORTHOGRAPHY
1
a : the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage b : the representation of the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
2
: a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling
Origin of ORTHOGRAPHY
Middle English ortografie, from Anglo-French, from Latin orthographia, from Greek, from orth- + graphein to write — more at carve
First Known Use: 15th century
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Rhymes with ORTHOGRAPHY
autography, cacography, cartography, chorography, chronography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, ethnography, filmography, geography, holography, lithography, lymphography, mammography, mythography, nomography, phonography, photography, pictography, planography, pornography, reprography, sonography, stenography, thermography, tomography, topography, typography, venography, xerography, xylography
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