1. Noun
The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious.
2. Noun
The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly.
3. Noun
A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section.
4. Noun
The accepted rules for writing and spelling a language.
The conventional spelling system of a language.
“English orthography preserves many historical spellings.”
5. Noun
a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
Vocabulary classified under Spelling and grammar
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