heterographic

UK /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹəʊˈɡɹæf.ik/ US /ˌhɛt.ə.ɹoʊˈɡɹæf.ik/

adj 2

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ADJ.

focused, many, monosyllable

HETEROGRAPHIC + NOUN

PREP.

on, than

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adj

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

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

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.

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In English. many letters are heterographic.

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

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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 ho

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