Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthotactics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-tho-tac-tics
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The restrictions a language applies to the positions and patterns of graphemes in written words.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The orthotactics of Spanish usually use the letter u after the letter g to signal a hard g, whereas the orthotactics of Italian usually use the letter h for that purpose."
"The name a chung is a late, secondary invention of probable non-Tibetan origin, and is therefore not found in the Tibetan texts on orthography and orthotactics' […]"
"[…] orthotactics defined as abstracting permissible and probable letter sequences, patterns, and positions in written words […]"

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

orthographic orthographically orthotactic orthotactically phonotactic phonotactics

Questions

What does orthotactics mean?: The restrictions a language applies to the positions and patterns of graphemes in written words.

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