Meaning of heterographic | Babel Free
/ˌhɛt.ə.ɹəʊˈɡɹæf.ik/Definitions
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Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards. not-comparable
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Of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound. not-comparable
Examples
“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.”
“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 homophones.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.