# cacography

> English word · Noun · IPA /kaˈkɒɡɹəfi/

## Definitions
1. Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
2. Deliberate comic misspelling; malapropism.
3. Poor or illegible handwriting.

## Etymology
From caco- + -graphy, perhaps after Middle French cacographie.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cacography