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Misspelling vs Iotacism - What's the difference?

misspelling | iotacism |

As nouns the difference between misspelling and iotacism

is that misspelling is (countable) a misspelt word while iotacism is pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in greek.

As a verb misspelling

is .

misspelling

English

Alternative forms

* mis-spelling

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) A misspelt word.
    • “Accomodation” is a common misspelling of “accommodation”.
  • * 2005 September, John H. Jenkins, The Dao of Unihan , International & Text Group, Apple Computer, Inc.:
    • My own Chinese name might conceivably be written in no fewer than four different ways in Unicode: ???, ???, ???, and ???. I would personally consider all but the first misspellings , just as I would the spelling of my English name as Jon Jenkins or John Jenkyns.

    Synonyms

    * (misspelt word) heterography

    Verb

    (head)

    • iotacism

    English

    (wikipedia iotacism)

    Alternative forms

    * itacism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in Greek.
  • A misspelling resulting from such pronunciation.

    • Related terms

    * lambdacism * rhotacism