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wysiwyg

/ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/

wysiwyg is the alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG.

Phrase (1) capitalized: WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of what you see is what you get.

Noun capitalized: WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG (plural WYSIWYGs)

  1. A type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.
    • WYSIWYGs are helpful tools in that they enable you to create pages much more quickly2003, James H. Pence, How to Do Everything with HTML & XHTML, page 132

Phrase (2) capitalized: Wysiwyg

Wysiwyg

  1. Alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG.

Forms of wysiwyg

Phrase
alternative formWysiwyg
alternative formwysiwyg
Noun
pluralWYSIWYGs

Origin of wysiwyg

Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s.

Words formed from wysiwyg

Questions about wysiwyg

What does wysiwyg mean?
Wysiwyg means a type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.
What is wysiwyg the alternative letter-case form of?
Wysiwyg is the alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG.
What part of speech is wysiwyg?
Wysiwyg can be a phrase or a noun.
How do you pronounce wysiwyg?
Wysiwyg is pronounced /ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/.

Words near wysiwyg in the dictionary

  1. wyse
  2. wyser
  3. Wyses
  4. wysest
  5. WYSIATI
  6. wysiwyg
  7. WYSIWYGs
  8. WYSIWYM
  9. WYSMNBWYG
  10. Wysocki
  11. Wysockis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wysiwyg (page history and authors); WYSIWYG (page history and authors); Wysiwyg (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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