orthographic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonorthographic adjective
- nonorthographical adjective
- nonorthographically adverb
- orthographically adverb
- unorthographical adjective
- unorthographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of orthographic
First recorded in 1660–70; orthograph(y) + -ic
Explanation
Something related to orthography — the conventional spellings of a language — can be described as orthographic. Orthographic comes from the Greek roots ortho, meaning correct, and graphos, meaning writing. You have made several orthographic errors if you write "alot of peeple came two the skool." The spelling of "a lot," "people," "to," and "school" are all incorrect. If you tend to spell this way, it's possible that you have an orthographic processing problem, or trouble visualizing the correct patterns for spelling words, which can also affect how well you can read. English has so many odd spellings that almost everyone makes the occasional orthographic mistake.
Vocabulary lists containing orthographic
Example Sentences
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From there, students must learn vocabulary and how to recognize words by sight — called orthographic mapping — as well as comprehend the meaning of the words they’re reading.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021
The AP announcement wasn’t as dramatic as tearing down a Confederate monument, but it was an influential turning point in an ongoing orthographic transformation.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2020
In attempting to devise an alphabetic system with which to transliterate Chinese, Mr. Zhou was continuing an orthographic tradition that went back at least to the 16th century.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2017
Their ambitions of orthographic engineering are likely to be frustrated.
From Time • Feb. 17, 2016
A wandering New-Yorker who rambles through London is able to collect now and again evidences of orthographic survivals which give him a sudden sense of being in an older country than his own.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander
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