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inverse spellings

inverse spellings is the plural of inverse spelling.

Meaning of inverse spelling

Noun

inverse spelling (countable and uncountable, plural inverse spellings)

  1. A spelling that is not etymological, arising from a merger between a phoneme in the spelled word and a different phoneme.

Questions about inverse spellings

What is inverse spellings the plural of?
Inverse spellings is the plural of inverse spelling.

Words near inverse spellings in the dictionary

  1. inverse semigroup
  2. inverse semigroups
  3. inverse sine
  4. inverse sines
  5. inverse spelling
  6. inverse spellings
  7. inverse system
  8. inverse systems
  9. inverse tangent
  10. inverse tangents
  11. inverse trigonometric function

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inverse spellings (page history and authors); inverse spelling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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