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Trigraph vs Tetragraph - What's the difference?

trigraph | tetragraph | Related terms |

Trigraph is a related term of tetragraph.


As nouns the difference between trigraph and tetragraph

is that trigraph is (linguistics) a specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme while tetragraph is a group of four letters.

trigraph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics) A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme.

    • Related terms

    * triphthong * ligature

    tetragraph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of four letters.

    • Related terms

    * digraph * trigraph