Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterographic

/ˌhɛt.ə.ɹoʊˈɡɹæf.ik/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-graph-ic
IPA: /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹoʊˈɡɹæf.ik/

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.

adj

Of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound.

Example Sentences

"In English. many letters are heterographic."
"Quite often, more than one heterographic monosyllable […] can represent the same mononym in particular contexts if they are semantically indifferentiable."
"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."

Etymology

From heterography.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹoʊˈɡɹæf.ik/
British English: /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹəʊˈɡɹæf.ik/

Frequently Paired Words

heterography

Synonyms

misspelled misspelt

Antonyms

homographic

Questions

How do you pronounce heterographic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹoʊˈɡɹæf.ik/.
What does heterographic mean?: Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
Where does heterographic come from?: From heterography.

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