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orthographic neighbor

orthographic neighbor is the US standard spelling of orthographic neighbour.

Meaning of orthographic neighbour

Noun

orthographic neighbour (plural orthographic neighbours)

  1. (UK) A word that differs from another word of the same length by only one letter.
    • For example, given the word 'cat', the words 'bat', 'fat', 'mat', 'cab', etc. are considered orthographic neighbors.n.d. Wisconsin Medical College, "MCWord: An Orthographic Wordform Database" (Definitions)

Forms of orthographic neighbor

pluralorthographic neighbors

Words formed from orthographic neighbor

Questions about orthographic neighbor

What is orthographic neighbor the US standard spelling of?
Orthographic neighbor is the US standard spelling of orthographic neighbour.

Words near orthographic neighbor in the dictionary

  1. orthografts
  2. orthograph
  3. orthographer
  4. orthographers
  5. orthographic
  6. orthographic neighbor
  7. orthographic neighborhood
  8. orthographic neighborhoods
  9. orthographic neighbors
  10. orthographic neighbour
  11. orthographic neighbourhood

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