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orthography

or·thog·ra·phy [ awr thóggrəfee ] (plural or·thog·ra·phies)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. study of correct spelling: the study of established correct spelling

2. study of how letters are arranged: the study of letters of an alphabet and how they occur sequentially in words

3. relationship between sounds and letters: the way letters and diacritic symbols represent the sounds of a language in spelling

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