orthography

Meaning

Noun

• The study of correct spelling according to established usage.
• The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
• Synonym of spelling: the specific method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols.
• Orthographic projection; especially its use to draw an elevation, vertical projection etc. of a building.

Related

Similar words

• orthoepy

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman ortografie, Middle French orthographie, and their source, Latin orthographia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία, from ὀρθός and γράφω.