heterographic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹəʊˈɡɹæf.ik/ (UK)
- /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹoʊˈɡɹæf.ik/ (US)
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Etymology
From heterography.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
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(not-comparable) Of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound.
Quite often, more than one heterographic monosyllable […] can represent the same mononym in particular contexts if they are semantically indifferentiable.
2000, Po-Ching Yip, The Chinese Lexicon: A Comprehensive Survey, page 16:English has few such heterophonic homographs, hence much of the work in English (and French) examining orthography-phonology consistency effects at the whole-word level has focused on heterographic homophones.
2008, Elena L. Grigorenko, Adam J. Naples, Single-word Reading: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives, page 140:In English. many letters are heterographic.
Antonyms
homographic (antonym(s) of “of a writing system”)
Relateds
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Translations (3)
pl heterograficzny (misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling) · pl heterograficzny (linguistics: of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound) · fr hétérographique (linguistics: of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound)