Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

letterwise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: let-ter-wise
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In terms of letters of the alphabet.

Example Sentences

"Skillful readers' processing of text seems far too fast and efficient to be based on letterwise processing of its print."
"[…] an encryption algorithm with multiple usage of a secret key for the letterwise encryption of prefixes […]"

Etymology

From letter + -wise.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: letter

Questions

What does letterwise mean?: In terms of letters of the alphabet.
Where does letterwise come from?: From letter + -wise.

How to pronounce letterwise

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