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letterspacing

letterspacing noun: the amount of space between adjacent text characters.

Noun

letterspacing (usually uncountable, plural letterspacings)

  1. (usually) The amount of space between adjacent text characters.
    Synonyms:
    tracking
  2. (usually) The practice of typing a letterspace in between the letters of a word (for emphasis) or an abbreviation (for delimitation), which in current orthographies and styles tends to be limited (to only certain uses).
    • The typewritten identification papers from 1942 recorded the surname as A C K E R M A N N, with capitals and letterspacing.
    • The typewritten memo from 1952 referred to the CIA as the C. I. A., with periods and letterspacing.

Synonyms of letterspacing

Forms of letterspacing

pluralletterspacings
alternative formletter-spacing

Origin of letterspacing

From letter + spacing.

Questions about letterspacing

What does letterspacing mean?
Letterspacing means the amount of space between adjacent text characters.
What part of speech is letterspacing?
Letterspacing is a noun.
What is the plural of letterspacing?
The plural of letterspacing is letterspacings.

Words near letterspacing in the dictionary

  1. lettersheets
  2. lettershop
  3. lettershops
  4. letterspace
  5. letterspaces
  6. letterspacing
  7. letterspacings
  8. Letterston
  9. letterweight
  10. letterweights
  11. letterwinner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: letterspacing (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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