cacography

ca·cog·ra·phy

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kuh-kog-ruh-fee]
- /kəˈkɒg rə fi/
- /kakˈɒɡrəfi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuh-kog-ruh-fee]
- /kəˈkɒg rə fi/

Definitions of cacography word

noun cacography bad handwriting 3
noun cacography incorrect spelling 3
noun cacography bad handwriting; poor penmanship. 1
noun cacography incorrect spelling. 1
noun cacography Bad handwriting or spelling. 1
noun cacography Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect. 0

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Origin of cacography

First appearance:

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

First recorded in 1570-80; caco- + -graphy

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Parts of speech for Cacography

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Cacography

cacography popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for cacography

noun cacography

graffiti — plural of graffito.
graffito — Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.

All 3 Synonyms of cacography