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# orthography

«orthography» in Mova's school dictionary: **the system of spelling and writing a language: which…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (orthography; orthographies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Orthography is the system of spelling and writing a language: which letters stand for which sounds, and rules for capital letters, hyphens and punctuation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/#m1)

2) Orthography is correct spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English and language lessons, English orthography is famous for being tricky: «though, through, tough, cough» are spelled alike but sound different. Other languages, like Finnish, Spanish or Ukrainian, have more regular orthographies. UK and US orthography differ («colour/color»). Phrases: «English orthography», «spelling and orthography».

### examples

- English orthography has many silent letters, like the «k» in «knee». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/#x1)
- Spanish orthography is more regular than English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/#x2)
- The orthography of Ukrainian uses the Cyrillic alphabet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/#x3)
- Noah Webster changed American orthography, writing «color» instead of «colour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/#x4)
- Learning orthography means learning the spelling rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/#x5)
- Old books show a different orthography, like «olde shoppe». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/#x6)

### note

Uncountable in general use; «orthographies» for different systems. Adjective «orthographic». From Greek «ortho» (correct) + «graph» (writing). Not the same as «orthodontist» (a teeth-straightening dentist).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «orthography» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orthography/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.