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orthography (noun):
1a: the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage
b: the representation of the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
2: a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : The concept of orthography (a term that comes from the Greek words orthos, meaning “right or true,” and graphein, meaning “to write”) was not something that really concerned English speakers until the introduction of the printing press in England in the second half of the 15th century. From that point on, English spelling became progressively more uniform. Our orthography has been relatively stable since the 1755 publication of Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language, with the notable exception of certain spelling reforms, such as the change of musick to music.
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