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Grapheme vs Allograph - What's the difference?

grapheme | allograph |

As nouns the difference between grapheme and allograph

is that grapheme is a fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul while allograph is a variant form of a letter (or other grapheme.

grapheme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
  • In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.

    • allograph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme)
  • A signature made by one person for another (compare autograph)