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orthographise

orthographise is the alternative form of orthographize.

Meaning of orthographize

Verb

orthographize (third-person singular simple present orthographizes, present participle orthographizing, simple past and past participle orthographized)

  1. (transitive) To spell correctly or according to usage or pronunciation.
  2. (transitive) To correct in regard to spelling.
    • "In the" coalesced into "ith", which modern reaction has orthographized to "i' th".1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
  3. (transitive) To devise a writing system for a language.

Forms of orthographise

third-person singular presentorthographises
present participleorthographising
past participleorthographised
pastorthographised

Questions about orthographise

What is orthographise the alternative form of?
Orthographise is the alternative form of orthographize.

Words near orthographise in the dictionary

  1. orthographical
  2. orthographically
  3. orthographick
  4. orthographied
  5. orthographies
  6. orthographise
  7. orthographised
  8. orthographises
  9. orthographising
  10. orthographist
  11. orthographists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthographise (page history and authors); orthographize (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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