define orthography system
Collins Concise English Dictionary Â© HarperCollins Publishers:: orthography /ÉËËÎ¸ÉÉ¡rÉfÉª/ n (pl-phies) a writing system spelling considered to be correct the principles underlying spelling the study of spelling. orËthographer, orËthographist n. 1  a writing system. 2  spelling considered to be correct.
Maybe you even imagined writing the word in space. If you used any of these methods, you were accessing your visual memory of the word, trying to see which one looked right in print. This is called orthographic processing, or using the visual system to form, store, and recall words. Readers look at letters and words on the page and use their knowledge of sound/symbol relationships to sound out tricky words.