n.
Pronunciation: o ̇ r- ' thä-gr ə -f ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ortografie, from Anglo-French, from Latin orthographia, from Greek, from orth- + graphein to write ― more at CARVE
Date: 15th century
1 a : 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