Synonyms for cacography

Most common

scratch · scribble · scrawl

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Noun

Antonyms

calligraphy, orthography

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.

Related words

Word family

cacographic cacographical

Other spellings

kakography

Forms

Plural

cacographies → scratches, scribbles, scrawls…

Example sentences

• scratch The doctor said you shouldn't scratch your wounds.
• scribble Rip your scribble into a thousand shreds!
• scrawl A terrible, almost illegible scrawl.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

scrawl¹

7 letters

scratch¹

8 letters

scribble²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (scribble² = 2 syllables).