cacography

== English == === Alternative forms === kakography === Etymology === From caco- +‎ -graphy, perhaps after Middle French cacographie. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kaˈkɒɡɹəfi/ Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi === Noun === cacography (countable and uncountable, plural cacographies) Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect. [from 16th c.] Antonym: orthography Deliberate comic misspelling; malapropism. Poor or illegible handwriting. [from 17th c.] Antonym: calligraphy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also ===