[or.thog.ra.phy] n [ME ortografie, fr. MF, fr. L orthographia, fr. Gk, fr. orth- + graphein to write--more at carve] (15c) 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