different between accepted vs heterographic

English

Etymology

accept +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.?s?p.t?d/

Verb

accepted

1. simple past tense and past participle of accept

Adjective

accepted (comparative more accepted, superlative most accepted)

1. Generally approved, believed, or recognized.

Translations

English

Etymology

From heterography.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?t.?.??????æf.ik/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?t.?.?o????æf.ik/

Adjective

heterographic (not comparable)

1. Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
2. (linguistics) Of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound.

   In English. many letters are heterographic.

   • 2008, Elena L. Grigorenko & Adam J. Naples, Single-word Reading: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives, page 140

     English has few such heterophonic homographs, hence much of the work in English (and French) examining orthography-phonology consistency effects at the whole-word level has focused on heterographic homophones.

Synonyms

• (misspelled): misspelled, misspelt

Antonyms

• (of a writing system): homographic

Related terms

• heterography

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