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   orthography

   /ɔːˈθɒɡrəfi/

   noun

   • 1. the conventional spelling system of a language: "a spoken language which has as yet no sanctioned orthography"
   • ▪ the study of spelling and how letters combine to represent sounds and form words.
   • 2. another term for orthographic projection

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French and Latin from Greek orthographia, from orthos ‘correct’ + -graphia ‘writing’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. orthographic adjective
   • 2. orthographical adjective
   • 3. orthographically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 23

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • H

     4

   • Y

     4

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