orthotactic

English

Adjective

orthotactic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to orthotactics.
    An orthotactic rule of thumb that nearly any English-speaking schoolchild has heard is to put 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.
    • 2003, Jonathan Grainger et al., “Word superiority, pseudoword superiority, and learning to read: A comparison of dyslexic and normal readers”, in Brain and Language, 87.3, page 433:
      Of course, pronounceability is closely tied to orthotactic regularity: letter strings that are orthotactically irregular will tend to be unpronounceable.

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