Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to heterography.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling.
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- adjective
Misspelled ; of or pertaining to anincorrect spelling or a spelling that differs fromaccepted standards. - adjective linguistics Of a
writing system in which a particularsymbol represents more than one possiblesound .
Etymologies
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From heterography.
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mollusque commented on the word heterographic
1. Having spelling that differs from standard spelling.
2. Having inconsistent spelling (e.g., the English language is heterographic).
3. Using the same letters to represent different sounds.
September 14, 2008